Influence of multiple scattering and energy loss straggling on the absorbed dose distributions of therapeutic light ion beams: I. Analytical pencil beam model

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 3247-3265

  Hollmark, Malin ^a   Belkić, Dž ^a   Gudowska, I ^a   Brahme, A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE DISTRIBUTION; MULTIPLE SCATTERING;

BRAGG CELLS; ION BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

DOSIMETRY;

BERYLLIUM; BORON; CARBON; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM ION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; IONS; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 4344639962     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/14/016     Document Type: Article

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