Design tools for proton therapy nozzles based on the double-scattering foil technique

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 211-215

  Fontenot, J D ^a   Newhauser, W D ^a   Titt, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; GONAD; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROSURGERY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PREDICTION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THYROID GLAND;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CYCLOTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 23744503233     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci229     Document Type: Article

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