A high-resolution anthropomorphic voxel-based tomographic phantom for proton therapy of the eye

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Alghamdi, A A ^a   Ma, A ^a   Marouli, M ^a   Albarakati, Y ^a   Kacperek, A ^b   Spyrou, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROTON BEAMS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC HEAD PHANTOMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTION; MEDICAL TREATMENTS; PROTON THERAPY;

ANTHROPOMETRY;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; EYE; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; TOMOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EYE TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECT;

PROTON;

ANTHROPOMETRY; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECTS;

EID: 33947729160     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/2/N02     Document Type: Article

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