A technique for calculating range spectra of charged particle beams distal to thick inhomogeneities

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 457-463

  Schneider, Uwe ^a   Schaffner, Barbara ^b   Lomax, Tony ^b   Pedroni, Eros ^b   Tourovsky, Alexander ^c  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Charged particles; Dose calculations; Protons; Range spectra; Spot scanning

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PROTONS;

BEAM DIRECTION; DOSE CALCULATION; INCIDENT PARTICLES; INHOMOGENEITIES; INHOMOGENEOUS STRUCTURE; MULTIPLE COULOMB SCATTERINGS; SPOT SCANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031955857     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598220     Document Type: Article

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