Comparison of measured and calculated in-air secondary neutrons in passive carbon-ion radiotherapy

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1369-1373

  Yonai, Shunsuke ^a   Matsufuji, Naruhiro ^a   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^a,b   Matsui, Yuki ^c   Matsushita, Kaoru ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bonner sphere system; Carbon ion radiotherapy; PHITS; Secondary neutrons

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT; BEAM LINES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; DOSE ESTIMATIONS; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON; GEOMETRY MODELING; HEAVY ION MEDICAL ACCELERATOR IN CHIBA; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO CODES; NEUTRON EXPOSURE; NORMAL TISSUE; PHITS; POTENTIAL ABILITY; PRIMARY PARTICLES; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SECONDARY NEUTRONS; SECONDARY RADIATIONS; SPHERE SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT VOLUMES;

HISTOLOGY; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SPHERES;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 78649790710     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.05.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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