Particle in cell simulation of laser-accelerated proton beams for radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2788-2798

  Fourkal, E ^a,b   Shahine, B ^a   Ding, M ^a,b   Li, J S ^a,b   Tajima, T ^c   Ma, C M ^a,b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Laser plasma interaction; Laser proton acceleration; Proton radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DOSIMETRY; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PLASMA SIMULATION; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPIES; LASER-ACCELERATED PROTON BEAMS; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PHASE-SPACE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; PROTON ACCELERATION; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; LASER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0036912840     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1521122     Document Type: Article

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