Variations in energy spectra and water-to-material stopping-power ratios in three-dimensional conformal and intensity-modulated photon fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1388-1397

  Jang, Si Young ^a   Liu, H Helen ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Siebers, Jeffrey V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy spectrum; IMRT; Monte Carlo simulation; Radiographic films; Stopping power ratio; Thermoluminescent dosimeters

Indexed keywords

BONE; DISSOCIATION; DOSIMETERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY FILMS;

ENERGY SPECTRA; IMRT; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; STOPPING POWER; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS;

PHOTONS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY FILM;

EID: 34147192527     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2710550     Document Type: Article

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