Dosimetry characterization of a multibeam radiotherapy treatment for age-related macular degeneration

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5151-5160

  Lee, Choonsik ^a   Chell, Erik ^b   Gertner, Michael ^b   Hansen, Steven ^b   Howell, Roger W ^c   Hanlon, Justin ^a   Bolch, Wesley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Oraya Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Dose volume histogram; Eye phantom; Monte Carlo method; Radiation treatment

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; DOSIMETRY; EYE PROTECTION; GRAPHIC METHODS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; VISION; X RAYS;

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; CURRENT TREATMENTS; DOSE COEFFICIENTS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; ENERGY DEPENDENCY; RADIATION TRANSPORT; RADIATION TREATMENTS; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

AGING; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CORNEA; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; EYE; GEOMETRY; LENS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCLERA; TARGET ORGAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VITREOUS BODY; X RAY;

EID: 54949091589     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2990780     Document Type: Article

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