Monte carlo characterization of skin doses in 6 MV transverse field MRI-linac systems: Effect of field size, surface orientation, magnetic field strength, and exit bolus

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5208-5217

  Oborn, B M ^a,b   Metcalfe, P E ^b   Butson, M J ^a   Rosenfeld, A B ^b  

^a Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

exit bolus; GEANT4; magnetic field; Monte Carlo; MRI linac; MRIgRT; skin dose; surface angle; transverse

Indexed keywords

LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHANTOMS; X RAYS;

EXIT BOLUS; GEANT4; MRIGRT; SKIN DOSE; TRANSVERSE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 77957715867     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3488980     Document Type: Article

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