Simple beam models for Monte Carlo photon beam dose calculations in radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2739-2747

  Fix, Michael K ^a   Keller, Harald ^a   Rüegsegger, Peter ^a   Born, Ernst J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beam model; Monte Carlo simulation; Photon dose calculation

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BEAM MODEL; DOSE CALCULATION; LARGE DEVIATIONS; MODEL-SENSITIVE; MODELING PROCESS; PARTICLE FLUENCE; PHOTON ENERGY SPECTRUM; SCATTERED RADIATIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034516672     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1318220     Document Type: Article

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