Monte Carlo simulation estimates of neutron doses to critical organs of a patient undergoing 18 MV x-ray LINAC-based radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3579-3588

  Barquero, R ^a   Edwards, T M ^b   Iniguez M P ^b   Vega Carrillo, H R ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accelerator neutron source; MCNP; Monte Carlo calculations; Neutron dosimetry; Photon contamination

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; X RAYS;

CRITICAL ORGANS; MCNP; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; ORGAN EQUIVALENT DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODS; TRANSPORT SIMULATION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTAMINATION; GAMMA RADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PELVIS TUMOR; STATISTICS;

BIOPHYSICS; FAST NEUTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 33644994129     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2122547     Document Type: Article

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