Measurement of Neutron Dose Equivalent and its Dependence on Beam Configuration for a Passive Scattering Proton Delivery System

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1563-1570

  Wang, Xin ^a   Sahoo, Narayan ^a   Zhu, Ronald X ^a   Zullo, John R ^a   Gillin, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

measurement; Neutron dose equivalent; Passive scattering; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

BEAM CONFIGURATION; BEAM ENERGIES; BRAGG PEAKS; ETCHED TRACKS; FIELD SIZE; IN-FIELD; ISOCENTERS; NEUTRON DOSE; NEUTRON DOSE EQUIVALENT; NEUTRON EXPOSURE; PROTON DELIVERY; PROTON DOSE; PROTON ENERGY; PROTON THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY SYSTEMS;

BRAGG CELLS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PROTON BEAMS; SCATTERING;

PROTONS;

PROTON;

AIR; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENERGY; EXPERIMENT; EXPOSURE; FACE; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALIBRATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUTRONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 77949562089     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1732     Document Type: Article

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