Empirical description and Monte Carlo simulation of fast neutron pencil beams as basis of a treatment planning system

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1670-1677

  Bourhis Martin, E ^a   Meissner, P ^a   Rassow, J ^a   Baumhoer, W ^a   Schmidt, R ^b   Sauerwein, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deposition of energy; Fast neutron therapy; Monte Carlo simulation; Pencil beam models

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS;

ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS; CLINICAL SITUATIONS; FAST NEUTRON THERAPY; MONO-ENERGETIC NEUTRONS; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; NEUTRON CAPTURE REACTION; PENCIL BEAM; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

NEUTRONS;

BERYLLIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; CYCLOTRON; ENERGY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036703538     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1493779     Document Type: Article

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