Speaker
Ms
Stefanie Kaser
(Institute of High Energy Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria)
Description
Ion therapy treatment planning requires an accurate estimate of the energy deposition of the ions per path length (stopping power) in the patient. From a conventional planning CT, Hounsfield units are obtained that have to be converted to stopping power values leading to range uncertainties. Ion computed tomography (iCT) allows to directly measure this quantity. In this scope, research activities of our group, with emphasis on GPU-based image reconstruction, the implementation of an ion CT demonstrator at MedAustron as well as upgrade possibilities, will be presented.
Primary authors
Dr
Albert Hirtl
(Atominstitut, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria)
Mr
Alexander Burker
(Atominstitut, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria)
Ms
Stefanie Kaser
(Institute of High Energy Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria)
Mr
Christian Irmler
(Institute of High Energy Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria)
Prof.
Dietmar Georg
(Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
Mr
Felix Ulrich-Pur
(Institute of High Energy Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria)
Dr
Florian Pitters
(Institute of High Energy Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria)
Dr
Sepideh Hatamikia
(Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology, Wiener Neustadt, Austria)
Dr
Thomas Bergauer
(Institute of High Energy Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria)
Prof.
Wolfgang Birkfellner
(Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
