Fluence correction factors in plastic phantoms for clinical proton beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3055-3071

  Palmans, Hugo ^a   Symons, Julyan E ^b   Denis, Jean Marc ^c   De Kock, Evan A ^b   Jones, Dan T L ^b   Vynckier, Stefaan ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYSTYRENES;

PLASTIC PHANTOMS;

PROTON BEAMS;

PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOTRONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLASTICS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYSTYRENES; PROTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 0037037222     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/17/302     Document Type: Article

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