A model for the lateral penumbra in water of a 200-MeV proton beam devoted to clinical applications

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1599-1604

  Oozeer, R ^a   Mazal, A ^a   Rosenwald, J C ^b   Belshi, R ^b   Nauraye, C ^a   Ferrand, R ^a   Biensan, S ^a  

^a Ctr de Protontherapie d'Orsay   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Lateral penumbra; Protontherapy

Indexed keywords

DIODES; MODULATION; WATER TANKS;

BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; BEAM MODULATION; CLINICAL APPLICATION; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; LATERAL PENUMBRA; PROTON THERAPY; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL;

PROTON BEAMS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; FRANCE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM;

EID: 0030825076     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597967     Document Type: Article

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