Dose distribution near thin titanium plate for skull fixation irradiated by a 4-MV photon beam

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-87

  Shimozato, Tomohiro ^a   Yasui, Keisuke ^b   Kawanami, Ryota ^b   Habara, Kousaku ^b   Aoyama, Yuichi ^c   Tabushi, Katsuyoshi ^a   Obata, Yasunori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Photon beam; Radiation treatment planning system; Scattered radiation; Titanium plate

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; SIMULATION; SKULL SURGERY; THICKNESS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 77951696749     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: 19983913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.62199     Document Type: Article

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