PRaVDA swMATH ID: 20301 Software Authors: Price T.; PRaVDA Consortium Description: PRaVDA: high energy physics towards proton computed tomography. Proton radiotherapy is an increasingly popular modality for treating cancers of the head and neck, and in paediatrics. To maximise the potential of proton radiotherapy it is essential to know the distribution, and more importantly the proton stopping powers, of the body tissues between the proton beam and the tumour. A stopping power map could be measured directly, and uncertainties in the treatment vastly reduce, if the patient was imaged with protons instead of conventional x-rays. Here we outline the application of technologies developed for High Energy Physics to provide clinical-quality proton Computed Tomography, in so reducing range uncertainties and enhancing the treatment of cancer. Homepage: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900215015843 Related Software: GEANT4 Cited in: 1 Document Cited by 2 Authors 1 Penfold, Scott 1 Zhu, Jiahua Cited in 1 Serial 1 Inverse Problems Cited in 2 Fields 1 Optics, electromagnetic theory (78-XX) 1 Biology and other natural sciences (92-XX) Citations by Year