Scatter factors in proton therapy with a broad beam

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1919-1928

  Akagi, T ^a   Kanematsu, N ^b   Takatani, Y ^c   Sakamoto, H ^c   Hishikawa, Y ^a   Abe, M ^a  

^a HYOGO ION BEAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; ION BEAMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CORRECTION FACTOR; PROTON THERAPY; RANGE COMPENSATOR;

PHOTONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; MODEL; MONITOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING;

HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 33645299871     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/7/020     Document Type: Article

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