Proton therapy analysis using the Monte Carlo method

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 521-524

  Noshad, Houshyar ^a   Givechi, Nasim ^b  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beam of 60 MeV protons; Eye melanoma; Lateral distribution of dose; Monte Carlo; Proton therapy; Total dose rate; TRIM computer program

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; HEAT RADIATION; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MUSCLE; TISSUE; TUMORS;

BEAM OF 60 MEV PROTONS; EYE MELANOMA; LATERAL DISTRIBUTION OF DOSE; MONTE CARLO; PROTON THERAPY; TOTAL DOSE RATE; TRIM COMPUTER PROGRAM;

PROTONS;

PROTON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE TUMOR; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCLE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCLES; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 14544295281     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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