Influence of source parameters on large-field electron beam profiles calculated using Monte Carlo methods

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-116

  Weinberg, Rebecca ^a,b   Antolak, John A ^c   Starkschall, George ^a,b   Kudchadker, Rajat J ^a,b   Allen White, R ^a   Hogstrom, Kenneth R ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOSFET DEVICES; PARTICLE BEAMS; TRELLIS CODES;

DEPTH DOSES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FIELD SIZES; FLUENCE; FOCAL SPOT SIZES; GAUSSIAN SOURCES; GAUSSIAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MEASURED DATUMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; SOURCE MODELS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WATER PHANTOMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOGRAPHY; SHOULDER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ELECTRONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROBABILITY; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 58149229418     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/1/007     Document Type: Article

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