Towards Offline PET Monitoring at a Cyclotron-Based Proton Therapy Facility
Matthias Würl presents two essential steps to implement offline PET monitoring of proton dose delivery at a clinical facility, namely the setting up of an accurate Monte Carlo model of the clinical beamline and the experimental validation of positron emit
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Towards Offline PET Monitoring at a Cyclotron-Based Proton Therapy Facility Experiments and Monte Carlo Simulations
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Matthias Würl
Towards Offline PET Monitoring at a Cyclotron-Based Proton Therapy Facility Experiments and Monte Carlo Simulations
Matthias Würl Garching, Germany
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Acknowledgments
This thesis would not have been possible without the help and support of many people. Above all, I would like to show gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. Dr. Katia Parodi, who has supported me throughout this entire project. Japan, Texas, Heidelberg or in the office - no matter how far away, I could always count on immediate and certainly valuable help. Her way of asking questions always made me think twice about things that seemed clear to me. I am glad to have the opportunity to work at her chair for the next few years. I express my warm thanks to my external supervisor, Dr. Martin Hillbrand, from the Rinecker Proton Therapy Center for his invaluable and kind support and for making this work possible. Hundreds of e-mails and hours of
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