Application of the electron pencil beam redefinition algorithm to electron arc therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2369-2383

  Chi, Pai Chun M ^d   Hogstrom, Kenneth R ^a,b   Starkschall, George ^d   Boyd, Robert A ^b   Tucker, Susan L ^d   Antolak, John A ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Electron arc therapy; Electron dose calculation; Pencil beam redefinition algorithm

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PHANTOMS;

ACCURATE CALCULATIONS; ARC THERAPY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON DOSE; ELECTRON PENCIL BEAM; LARGE-ANGLE SCATTERING; PENCIL BEAM; POLYSTYRENE PHANTOM;

ELECTRONS;

POLYSTYRENE; WATER;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; FILM DOSIMETER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MASTECTOMY; PHANTOM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33745507890     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2207215     Document Type: Article

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