A novel patch-field design using an optimized grid filter for passively scattered proton beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Li, Yupeng ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; RAY TRACING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DOSE GRADIENTS; GRID FILTERS; LATERAL PENUMBRA; RANGE COMPENSATORS;

PROTON BEAMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FILTER; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 34249729972     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/12/N01     Document Type: Article

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