Dependency of Proton Dose On Tissue Composition Investigated Using Monte Carlo Models of Hounsfield Number Conversion and Cadaver-Based Anatomical Data
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Y Liu1 *, C Shi1 , X Xu2 , W Chen3 , D Jette3 , N Papanikolaou1 , (1) Radiation Oncology Department, Cancer Therapy & Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, (2) Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY, (3) Newark Beth Israel Medical Ctr., Livingston, NJ,