Simulation of organ-specific patient effective dose due to secondary neutrons in proton radiation treatment

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 4337-4353

  Jiang, Hongyu ^a   Wang, Brian ^b   Xu, X George ^b   Suit, Herman D ^a   Paganetti, Harald ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; NEUTRONS; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTONS; TISSUE; TUMORS;

CANCER PATIENTS; POST-RADIATION TREATMENT; PROTON TREATMENT; WHOLE-BODY PATIENT MODEL;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; GEOMETRY; LUNG CANCER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; NEUTRONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 24644503509     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/18/007     Document Type: Article

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