Proton loss model for therapeutic beam dose calculations

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2133-2145

  Sandison, George A ^a   Chvetsov, Alexei V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Proton; Therapeutic beam; Transport equation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS;

DOSE CALCULATION; ENERGY LOSS STRAGGLING; MULTIPLE-SCATTERING THEORY; NUMERICAL COMPARISON; PROTON ENERGY SPECTRA; THERAPEUTIC BEAMS; TRANSPORT ALGORITHMS; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033795850     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1288681     Document Type: Article

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