Shielding design for a laser-accelerated proton therapy system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3913-3930

  Fan, J ^a   Luo, W ^a   Fourkal, E ^a   Lin, T ^a   Li, J ^a   Veltchev, I ^a   Ma, C M ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; NEUTRONS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS; POLYETHYLENES; STAINLESS STEEL; TUNGSTEN;

ANGULAR SPECTRA; BREMSSTRAHLUNG; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS; THERAPY SYSTEM;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

LEAD; POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL; TUNGSTEN;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LASER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHOTON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SIMULATION; SOLID;

ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 34250310899     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/13/017     Document Type: Article

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