Effective dose from stray radiation for a patient receiving proton therapy for liver cancer

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1099, Issue , 2009, Pages 445-449

  Taddei, Phillip J ^a   Krishnan, Sunil ^a   Mirkovic, Dragan ^a   Yepes, Pablo ^b   Newhauser, Wayne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human phantoms; Liver cancer; Monte carlo; Proton radiotherapy; Secondary neutrons; Stray radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149089882     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3120070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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