Modeling skin collimation using the electron pencil beam redefinition algorithm

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3409-3418

  Chi, Pai Chun M ^d   Hogstrom, Kenneth R ^a,b   Starkschall, George ^d   Antolak, John A ^c   Boyd, Robert A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Electron radiotherapy; Electron arc therapy; Pencil beam algorithm; Skin collimation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SCATTERING; LEAD ALLOYS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

ALLOY MATERIALS; ARC THERAPY; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON BEAM THERAPY; ELECTRON PENCIL BEAM; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONS;

LEAD; POLYSTYRENE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SKIN COLLIMATION;

EID: 28044467744     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2064808     Document Type: Article

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