Effects of collimator backscatter in an Elekta linac by Monte Carlo simulation

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 129-135

  Kairn, T ^a   Crowe, S B ^a   Poole, C M ^a   Fielding, A L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Linear accelerator; Monte Carlo dose calculation; Radiation therapy; Scatter

Indexed keywords

BACK-SCATTERED; BACKSCATTERED PARTICLES; BACKSCATTERED RADIATION; CORRECTION FACTORS; ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS; FIELD SIZE; FLUENCES; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PHASE-SPACE DATA; PHOTON BEAMS; RADIATION THERAPY; SIZE-DEPENDENCE;

BACKSCATTERING; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATORS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 71049116487     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178640     Document Type: Article

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