Physics in medicine and biologyProton TherapyPositron-Emission TomographyRadiotherapy DosageTime FactorsRadiotherapy
Experimental validation of a Fisher information-based predictive framework for dose and time optimization in PET-guided online adaptive proton therapy.
Jun Nakao, Takamitsu Masuda, Tsubasa Yamano, Toshiyuki Toshito, Teiji Nishio
Published: 202610.1088/1361-6560/ae36e6
Abstract
Objective.The range determination uncertainty (σest) based on positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, which stems from the Poisson statistics of the detected signal, can be theoretically predicted using Fisher information. This study aims to expe…
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