Effect of ethmoid sinus cavity on dose distribution at interface and how to correct for it: Magnetic field with photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1556-1565

  Wadi Ramahi, Shada J ^a   Bernard, Damian ^a   Chu, James C H ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air cavities; Ethmoid sinus; Helmholtz coil; Magnetic field; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS;

AIR CAVITY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ETHMOID SINUS; HELMHOLTZ COIL; IMPROVEMENT RATIO; MAXIMUM STRENGTH; RADIATION BEAMS; UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS;

MAGNETIC AFTER EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; ETHMOID SINUS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0038033853     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1578484     Document Type: Article

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