Effect of transverse magnetic fields on dose distribution and RBE of photon beams: Comparing PENELOPE and EGS4 Monte Carlo codes

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 5123-5137

  Nettelbeck, H ^a   Takacs, G J ^a   Rosenfeld, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); CODES (SYMBOLS); LITHIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; REDUCTION;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE REDUCTIONS; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MONTE CARLO CODES; PENELOPE; PHOTON BEAMS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; TRANSVERSE-MAGNETIC FIELDS;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 51849118703     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/18/018     Document Type: Article

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