Experimental characterization and physical modelling of the dose distribution of scanned proton pencil beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 541-561

  Pedroni, E ^b   Scheib, S ^a,b   Bohringer T ^b   Coray, A ^b   Grossmann, M ^b   Lin, S ^b   Lomax, A ^b  

^a KLINIK IM PARK   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHARACTERIZATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COBALT; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE FIELDS; PROTON BEAM FLUX; SCANNED PROTON PENCIL BEAMS;

DOSIMETRY;

COBALT; WATER;

CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRY;

CALIBRATION; COBALT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 14544292041     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/3/011     Document Type: Review

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