Initial beam size study for passive scatter proton therapy. II. Changes in delivered depth dose profiles

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4219-4222

  Polf, Jerimy C ^a   Harvey, Mark C ^a   Smith, Alfred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Proton beam size; Proton therapy; Range modulation wheel; Spread out Bragg peak

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; MODULATION; NOZZLES; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PROTON BEAMS;

ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; LATERAL SPREADING; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; RANGE MODULATION; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS; TREATMENT DELIVERY NOZZLES;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ARTICLE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 35649018148     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2767934     Document Type: Article

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