Modeling silicon diode energy response factors for use in therapeutic photon beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6135-6150

  Eklund, Karin ^a   Ahnesjö, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ARBITRARY POSITIONS; BIPARTITION; CAVITY THEORY; DEPTH VARIATION; DETECTOR RESPONSE; ELECTRON EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTRON SPECTRUM; ENERGY DEPENDENT; ENERGY RESPONSE FACTOR; ENERGY VARIATIONS; FLUENCES; HIGH DOSE; HIGH-ENERGY COMPONENTS; IN-FIELD; LOW ENERGIES; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; PHOTON BEAMS; PHOTON FIELDS; PHOTON SPECTRA; PRIMARY BEAMS; PRIMARY ELECTRONS; PRIMARY PHOTONS; RESPONSE FACTOR; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTERED PHOTONS; SILICON DIODES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

DETECTORS; DIODES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

SILICON DETECTORS;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KINETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON; SOFTWARE; WATER;

EID: 70449099423     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/20/007     Document Type: Article

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