Ridge filter design and optimization for the broad-beam three- dimensional irradiation system for heavy-ion radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 716-724

  Schaffner, Barbara ^a   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^a   Futami, Yasuyuki ^a   Shimbo, Munefumi ^a   Urakabe, Eriko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heavy ion radiotherapy; Intensity modulation; Multiple field optimization; Ridge filter

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; ION BEAMS; IRRADIATION; MODULATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FIELD OPTIMIZATION; HEAVY ION RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; RIDGE FILTER; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS;

HEAVY IONS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL SURVIVAL; FILTER; HEAVY ION RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033995329     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598934     Document Type: Article

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