Dosimetric studies of microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) with Monte Carlo simulations

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 548, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 54-58

  Siegbahn, E A ^a   Brauer Krisch E ^a   Stepanek, J ^a   Blattmann, H ^b   Laissue, J A ^c   Bravin, A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Monte Carlo simulations; MRT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; MICROMETERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOSFET DEVICES;

ELECTRON SCATTERING MODEL; LATERAL VARIATIONS; MICROBEAM RADIATION THERAPY (MRT); PHANTOMS; RADIOCHROMIC FILMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 23144451636     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.03.065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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