Monte Carlo study of the energy response and depth dose water equivalence of the MOSkin radiation dosimeter at clinical kilovoltage photon energies

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-279

  Lian, C P L ^a   Othman, M A R ^a   Cutajar, D ^a   Butson, M ^a,b   Guatelli, S ^a   Rosenfeld, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geant4; Kilovoltage energy; Monte Carlo; MOSFET; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CORRECTION FACTORS; DEPTH DOSE; ENERGY RESPONSE; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; GEANT4; GEANT4 TOOLKITS; KILOVOLTAGE ENERGY; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO STUDY; MOS-FET; PACKAGING DESIGNS; PHOTON ENERGY; PHOTON SOURCES; QUANTITY OF INTEREST; RADIATION DOSIMETERS; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SENSORS; RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SKIN DOSE; SURFACE ENERGIES; THIN METALLIC FOILS; WATER EQUIVALENCE; WATER EQUIVALENT; WATER PHANTOM; X RAY IRRADIATION; X-RAY CT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOSFET DEVICES; PHOTONS; RADIATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOLOGY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TISSUE;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; WATER;

EID: 80051705203     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13246-011-0075-3     Document Type: Article

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