Sensitivity of different dose scoring methods on organ-specific neutron dose calculations in proton therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4523-4532

  Jarlskog, Christina Zacharatou ^a,b   Paganetti, Harald ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; GOLD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; STANDARDS;

GOLD STANDARDS; INDIVIDUAL DOSE; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION; MEASURED DATA; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; NEUTRON DOSES; NEUTRON QUALITY; NEUTRON RADIATIONS; ORGAN EQUIVALENT DOSE; PATIENT ANATOMY; PROTON-THERAPY; SCORING METHODS; WEIGHTING FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51849108621     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/17/004     Document Type: Article

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