Monte Carlo study of fluence perturbation effects on cavity dose response in clinical proton beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-89

  Palmans, Hugo ^a   Verhaegen, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; WATER;

EID: 0031913791     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/1/005     Document Type: Article

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