A systematic Monte Carlo study of secondary electron fluence perturbation in clinical proton beams (70-250 MeV) for cylindrical and spherical ion chambers

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2088-2095

  Verhaegen, Frank ^a   Palmans, Hugo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electron fluence perturbation in ion chamber walls; Monte Carlo simulation; Protons

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; SECONDARY EMISSION; SPHERES;

CAVITY WALL MATERIALS; CHAMBER WALLS; CLINICAL PROTON BEAMS; CLINICAL PROTONS; ELECTRON FLUENCES; LOW-ENERGY PROTONS; PROTON INTERACTIONS; SECONDARY ELECTRONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION ENERGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0034761805     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1406519     Document Type: Article

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