Foundation of an analytical proton beamlet model for inclusion in a general proton dose calculation system

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 378-389

  Ulmer, W ^a,b   Schaffner, B ^a,c  

^a VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bethe Bloch; Bragg peak; Depth dose model; Landau tail; Proton treatment planning; Secondary reaction protons

Indexed keywords

BETHE-BLOCH; BRAGG PEAK; DEPTH DOSE; LANDAU TAIL; PROTON TREATMENT PLANNING; SECONDARY REACTIONS;

CURVE FITTING; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

PROTONS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 78650847080     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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