Contamination dose from photoneutron processes in bodily tissues during therapeutic radiation delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2849-2854

  Difilippo, F ^a   Papiez, L ^b   Moskvin, V ^b   Peplow, D ^a   DesRosiers, C ^b   Johnson, J ^a   Timmerman, R ^b   Randall, M ^b   Lillie, R ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose from heavy charged particles; Internal dosimetry; MCNPX; Monte Carlo simulation; Neutron dosimetry; Photoneutron; Whole body dose

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

HEAVY CHARGED PARTICLES; MCNPX; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PHOTONEUTRON; WHOLE-BODY DOSE;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

HELIUM; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; METASTASIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0142057561     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1612947     Document Type: Article

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