Monte Carlo study of a Cyberknife stereotactic radiosurgery system

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2955-2963

  Araki, Fujio ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyberknife cone beams; Diode detector; Monte Carlo simulations; Output factors; Small field measurements

Indexed keywords

DIODES; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

CONE BEAM; DIODE DETECTORS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLATTENING FILTERS; INCIDENT ELECTRONS; OUTPUT FACTORS; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

WATER;

ACCURACY; AIR; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOSURGERY; REFERENCE VALUE; SIMULATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33746605979     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2219774     Document Type: Article

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