Benchmarking analytical calculations of proton doses in heterogeneous matter

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3511-3523

  Ciangaru, George ^a   Polf, Jerimy C ^a   Bues, Martin ^a   Smith, Alfred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical pencil beam algorithm; Dose distribution of proton beam; GEANT; Inhomogeneous scattering medium; MCNPX; Moliere multiple scattering; Monte Carlo; Proton therapy; Treatment planning; VMCpro

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PHANTOMS; PROTON BEAMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GEANT; MCNPX; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; PROTON THERAPY; SCATTERING MEDIUM; TREATMENT PLANNING; VMCPRO;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; TREATMENT PLANNING; AIR; BIOPHYSICS; BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICS;

PROTON; WATER;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; BIOPHYSICS; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 33645010752     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2064887     Document Type: Article

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