Secondary doses delivered to an anthropomorphic male phantom under prostate irradiation with proton and carbon ion beams

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1410-1413

  Hultqvist, M ^a   Gudowska, I ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ion radiotherapy; Monte Carlo simulations; Secondary doses

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; ATOMIC MASS; BEAM-LINE COMPONENTS; CARBON ION BEAMS; CHARGED FRAGMENTS; DOSE CONTRIBUTION; FLUENCES; ION IRRADIATION; LIGHT IONS; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEUTRON INTERACTIONS; PRIMARY IONS; RADIATION THERAPY; SECONDARY DOSES; SECONDARY NEUTRONS; SECONDARY PARTICLES; SECONDARY RADIATIONS; TISSUE DAMAGE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAVY IONS; ION BEAMS; IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 78649767463     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.05.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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