A pencil beam algorithm for intensity modulated proton therapy derived from Monte Carlo simulations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 5089-5104

  Soukup, Martin ^a,b   Fippel, Matthias ^a   Alber, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG THERAPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PROTONS; RAY TRACING;

INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPY (IMPT); PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; RANGE SHIFTERS; SPOT WEIGHT OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS;

PROTON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27144440053     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/21/010     Document Type: Article

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