Monte Carlo evaluations of the absorbed dose and quality dependence of Al2O3 in radiotherapy photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4421-4424

  Chen, Shao Wen ^a,b   Wang, Xue Tao ^c   Chen, Li Xin ^d   Tang, Qiang ^a   Liu, Xiao Wei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DONGGUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Al2O3 dosimeter; Monte Carlo; Quality dependence; Radiotherapy photon beams

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DOSIMETERS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

ABSORBED DOSE; AVERAGE VALUES; BUILD-UP REGION; FULL SIMULATIONS; INCIDENT BEAMS; PHASE-SPACE FILES; PHOTON BEAMS; SHALLOW DEPTHS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 70349678714     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3213524     Document Type: Article

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