Choice of phantom materials for dosimetry of Leksell Gamma Knife unit: A Monte Carlo study

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2260-2261

  Cheung, Joel Y C ^a   Yu, K N ^a   Yu, C P ^b   Ho, Robert T K ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Canossa Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

EGS4 Monte Carlo; Gamma Knife; GammaPlan; Phantom materials

Indexed keywords

BONE; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS; POLYSTYRENES;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GAMMA KNIFE; GAMMAPLAN; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; PHANTOM MATERIALS; POLYSTYRENE PHANTOM; RADIAL DOSE; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

POLYSTYRENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BONE; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0036800161     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1508797     Document Type: Article

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