Feasibility studies of a passive scatter proton therapy nozzle without a range modulator wheel

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2243-2252

  Harvey, Mark C ^a,b   Polf, Jerimy C ^a   Smith, Alfred R ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Passive scatter; Proton therapy; Range modulation

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTON BEAMS; WHEELS;

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; NOZZLE CONFIGURATION; PROTON THERAPY; RANGE MODULATION; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

NOZZLES;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENERGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LASER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION SCATTERING; STANDARD;

EID: 44349148510     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2912360     Document Type: Article

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