High resolution entry and exit Monte Carlo dose calculations from a linear accelerator 6 MV beam under the influence of transverse magnetic fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3549-3559

  Oborn, B M ^a   Metcalfe, P E ^a   Butson, M J ^a   Rosenfeld, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

GEANT4; High resolution; Monte Carlo; MRI linac; MRIgRT; Skin and surface dose

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXTRAPOLATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PHANTOMS;

GEANT4; HIGH RESOLUTION; LONGITUDINAL DISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; MRIGRT; SURFACE DOSE; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; LEPTON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAGNETIC FIELD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION;

EID: 68149171804     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3157203     Document Type: Article

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