Sensitivities in the production of spread-out Bragg peak dose distributions by passive scattering with beam current modulation

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3844-3853

  Lu, Hsiao Ming ^a   Brett, Robert ^a   Engelsman, Martijn ^a   Slopsema, Roelf ^a   Kooy, Hanne ^a   Flanz, Jay ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; WHEELS;

BEAM CURRENTS; BEAM PARAMETER; BEAM SCATTERING; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTENSITY OF THE BEAM; MODULATED SYSTEMS; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS; TREATMENT DEPTH;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34748843943     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2776255     Document Type: Article

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