Modeling photon output caused by backscattered radiation into the monitor chamber from collimator jaws using a Monte Carlo technique

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 737-744

  Liu, H Helen ^a   Mackie, T Rockwell ^b   McCullough, Edwin C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscattered radiation; Convolution dose calculation; Monitor chamber; Monte Carlo simulation; Photon output factor

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CONVOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIATION;

BACKSCATTERED RADIATION; CONVOLUTION METHODS; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRON PULSE; MODEL-BASED OPC; MONITOR UNIT CALCULATIONS; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; OUTPUT FACTORS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034003283     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598936     Document Type: Article

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