Study of scattered photons from the collimator system of Leksell Gamma Knife using the EGS4 Monte Carlo Code

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-45

  Cheung, Joel Y C ^a   Yu, K N ^b  

^a Canossa Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Leksell Gamma Knife; Monte Carlo; Scattered photons

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BACKSCATTERED PHOTONS; EFFICIENCY OF SIMULATIONS; GAMMA KNIFE; MONTE CARLO CODES; SCATTERED COMPONENT; SCATTERED PHOTONS; TRANSPORT ALGORITHMS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PHOTONS;

COBALT 60;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER; GAMMA KNIFE; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; SOLID;

EID: 31044440656     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2143138     Document Type: Article

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