Accurate characterization of Monte Carlo calculated electron beams for radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 401-416

  Ma, C M ^a,d   Faddegon, B A ^b   Rogers, D W O ^a   Mackie, T R ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerator simulation; beam characterization; beam model; EGS4 Monte Carlo; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PATIENT MONITORING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

BEAM CHARACTERIZATION; BEAM MODEL; CLINICAL UTILITY; COMPUTATION TIME; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERALIZED MODELS; PHASE-SPACE DATA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON BEAM; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030945205     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597908     Document Type: Article

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