Calculation of effective dose from measurements of secondary neutron spectra and scattered photon dose from dynamic MLC IMRT for 6 MV, 15 MV, and 18 MV beam energies

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 360-368

  Howell, Rebecca M ^a   Hertel, Nolan E ^b   Wang, Zhonglu ^b   Hutchinson, Jesson ^b   Fullerton, Gary D ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective dose; IMRT; Secondary neutrons

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT; EFFECTIVE DOSE; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ORGAN EQUIVALENT DOSE; PROSTATE TREATMENT; SECONDARY NEUTRONS;

NEUTRONS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 31844439101     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2140119     Document Type: Article

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