Monte Carlo study on a flattening filter-free 18-MV photon beam of a medical linear accelerator

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 331-336

  Mesbahi, Asghar ^a   Nejad, Farshad Seyed ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flattening filter; Monte Carlo; Unflattened photon beam

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; FILTER; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION;

MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 48749122218     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-008-0234-y     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. A. Mesbahi P. Mehnati A. Keshtkar A. Farajollahi 2007 Dosimetric properties of a flattening filter-free 6-MV photon beam: a Monte Carlo study Radiat Med 25 315 324
2. A. Mesbahi 2007 Dosimetric characteristics of unflattened 6MV photon beams of a clinical linear accelerator: a Monte Carlo study Appl Radiat Isot 65 1029 1036
3. O.N. Vassiliev U. Titt F. Ponisch S.F. Kry R. Mohan M.T. Gillin 2006 Dosimetric properties of photon beams from a flattening filter free clinical accelerator Phys Med Biol 51 1907 1917
4. J.E. Bayouth H.S. Kaiser M.C. Smith E.C. Pennington K.M. Anderson T.C. Ryken 2007 Image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery using a specially designed high-dose-rate linac Med Dosim 32 134 141
5. W. Fu J. Dai Y. Hu D. Han Y. Song 2004 Delivery time comparison for intensity-modulated radiation therapy with/without flattening filter: a planning study Phys Med Biol 49 1535 1547
6. A. Mesbahi M. Fix M. Allahverdi E. Grein H. Garaati 2005 Monte Carlo calculation of Varian 2300C/D Linac photon beam characteristics: a comparison between MCNP4C, GEANT3 and measurements Appl Radiat Isot 62 469 477
7. A. Mesbahi A.J. Reilly D.I. Thwaites 2006 Development and commissioning of a Monte Carlo photon beam model for Varian Clinac 2100EX linear accelerator Appl Radiat Isot 64 656 662
8. O.N. Vassiliev U. Titt S.F. Kry F. Ponisch M.T. Gillin R. Mohan 2006 Monte Carlo study of photon fields from a flattening filter-free clinical accelerator Med Phys 33 820 827
9. Briesmeister JF. MCNP-a general Monte Carlo N-particle transport code, version 4C. Report LA-13709-M. Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos National Laboratory; 2000.
10. F. Ponisch U. Titt O.N. Vassiliev S.F. Kry R. Mohan 2006 Properties of unflattened photon beams shaped by a multileaf collimator Med Phys 33 1738 17346
11. F. Verhaegen J. Seuntjens 2003 Monte Carlo modeling of external radiotherapy photon beams Phys Med Biol 48 R107 64
12. U. Titt O.N. Vassiliev F. Ponisch L. Dong H. Liu R. Mohan 2006 A flattening filter free photon treatment concept evaluation with Monte Carlo Med Phys 33 1595 1602