Calibration of a proton beam energy monitor

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1952-1966

  Moyers, M F ^a   Coutrakon, G B ^a   Ghebremedhin, A ^a   Shahnazi, K ^a   Koss, P ^a   Sanders, E ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Monitor; Monte Carlo; Proton; Range

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONITORING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; WATER TANKS;

ALGORITHM ACCURACIES; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; BEAM POSITION MONITORS; ENERGY; ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS; PROTON SYNCHROTRONS; RANGE; RANGE MEASUREMENTS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITOR; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

EID: 34447304102     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2717382     Document Type: Article

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