Monte Carlo simulation of a Proton Therapy beam line for head & neck tumor treatment

8th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications and Utilization of Accelerators, ACCAPP'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 349-356

  Stankovskiy, A ^a   Kerhoas Cavata, S ^a   Ferrand, R ^b   Nauraye, C ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TUMORS;

BEAM LINES; CALCULATION MODULES; CALIBRATION CONFIGURATIONS; COULOMB SCATTERINGS; DEPTH DOSES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE PROFILES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; JOINT PROJECTS; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; MCNPX CODES; MEASURED DATUMS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NECK TUMOR TREATMENTS; NEW ALGORITHMS; NUCLEAR DATA FILES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 58349090234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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