Monte Carlo investigation of the low-dose envelope from scanned proton pencil beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 711-721

  Sawakuchi, Gabriel O ^a   Titt, Uwe ^a   Mirkovic, Dragan ^a   Ciangaru, George ^a   Zhu, X Ronald ^a   Sahoo, Narayan ^a   Gillin, Michael T ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEAM LINES; CENTRAL AXIS; DOSE CALCULATION; HIGH-ENERGY BEAMS; LOW DOSE; LOW ENERGY BEAMS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLE COULOMB SCATTERINGS; NUCLEAR INTERACTION; SCANNED PROTON PENCIL BEAMS; SCANNING BEAMS; SECONDARY PARTICLES; TARGET VOLUMES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; WATER PHANTOM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTONS; TARGETS;

DOSIMETRY;

PROTON; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER;

EID: 76149136438     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/3/011     Document Type: Article

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