Monte Carlo calculation of depth doses for small field of CyberKnife

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 305-310

  Yamamoto, Tokihiro ^b   Teshima, Teruki ^a   Miyajima, Satoshi ^b   Matsumoto, Masao ^b   Shiomi, Hiroya ^b   Inoue, Takehiro ^b   Inoue, Toshihiko ^b   Hirayama, Hideo ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CyberKnife; Diamond detector; EGS4; Monte Carlo; Small field dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CYBERKNIFE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0036874838     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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