Surface and build-up region dose analysis for clinical radiotherapy photon beams

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1438-1442

  Ishmael Parsai, E ^a   Shvydka, Diana ^a   Pearson, David ^a   Gopalakrishnan, M ^a   Feldmeier, John J ^a  

^a University Toledo Health Science Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Build up region; Extrapolation chamber; Monte Carlo simulations; Surface dose

Indexed keywords

ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; EXTRAPOLATION; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS;

BUILD-UP REGION; CLINICAL RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE ANALYSIS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE MEASUREMENTS; EXTRAPOLATION CHAMBER; EXTRAPOLATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; PARALLEL PLATES; PHOTON BEAMS; SKIN SURFACES; SURFACE DOSE;

PHOTOIONIZATION;

ARTICLE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SKIN SURFACE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48949089351     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.089     Document Type: Article

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