Experimental validation of a Monte Carlo proton therapy nozzle model incorporating magnetically steered protons

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3217-3229

  Peterson, S W ^a   Polf, J ^a   Bues, M ^a   Ciangaru, G ^a   Archambault, L ^a   Beddar, S ^a   Smith, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM AXIS; BEAM ENERGIES; BEAM SCANNING; DEPTH DOSE; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLUENCES; GEANT4 TOOLKITS; MAGNETIC STEERING; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO MODEL; NOZZLE MODELS; OFF-AXIS; PROTON THERAPY; SPOT POSITION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; NOZZLES; PROTON BEAMS; SCANNING;

PROTONS;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; MAGNET; MAGNETISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650717951     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/10/017     Document Type: Article

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