An EGSnrc Monte Carlo study of the microionization chamber for reference dosimetry of narrow irregular IMRT beamlets

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2416-2422

  Capote, Roberto ^a,b,d   Sánchez Doblado, Francisco ^a,b   Leal, Antonio ^a,b   Lagares, Juan Ignacio ^a,b   Arráns, Rafael ^a,b   Hartmann, Günther H ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Absolute dosimetry; IMRT dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Reference dosimetry; Small beam

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

GEOMETRICAL SIMULATIONS; IMRT DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IRRADIATION GEOMETRIES; MICROIONIZATION CHAMBERS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; SMALL BEAM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD;

EID: 4644300643     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1767691     Document Type: Conference Paper

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