Optimization of GEANT4 settings for Proton Pencil Beam Scanning simulations using GATE

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 268, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3295-3305

  Grevillot, Loïc ^a,b,c,f   Frisson, Thibault ^a,b,c   Zahra, Nabil ^a,c,d   Bertrand, Damien ^f   Stichelbaut, Frédéric ^f   Freud, Nicolas ^a,e   Sarrut, David ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d Lyon Medicine University   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^f IBA Group   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active scanning; Bragg peak; Dose distribution; GATE; GEANT4; MCNPX; Monte Carlo; Pencil beam; PHITS; Profiles; Proton; Radiochromic films; Range; Spot; TPS benchmarking

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SCANNING; BRAGG-PEAK; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GATE; GEANT4; MCNPX; MONTE CARLO; PENCIL BEAM; PHITS; PROFILES; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RANGE; SPOT; TPS BENCHMARKING;

BENCHMARKING; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; OPTIMIZATION; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; SCANNING;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 77956393759     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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