Accurate Monte Carlo simulations for nozzle design, commissioning and quality assurance for a proton radiation therapy facility

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2107-2118

  Paganetti, H ^a   Jiang, H ^a   Lee, S Y ^a   Kooy, H M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg peak; Monte Carlo; Proton therapy; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

NOZZLE DESIGN; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTON BEAMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRAGG PEAKS; GEOMETRICAL MISALIGNMENT; MECHANICAL OPTIMIZATION; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MONTE CARLO NOZZLE MODEL; NOZZLE DESIGN; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3142702743     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1762792     Document Type: Article

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