Contact radiotherapy using a 50kV X-ray system: Evaluation of relative dose distribution with the Monte Carlo code PENELOPE and comparison with measurements

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 609-617

  Croce, Olivier ^a   Hachem, Sabet ^a   Franchisseur, Eric ^a   Marcié, Serge ^a   Gérard, Jean Pierre ^a   Bordy, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Contact X ray radiotherapy (CXRT); Monte Carlo simulation; Papillon technique; PENELOPE; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; COMPARISON WITH MEASUREMENTS; DEPTH DOSE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; DOSE PROFILE; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PAPILLON TECHNIQUE; PENELOPE; RECTAL CANCER; SKIN CANCERS; X RAY BEAM; X-RAY SYSTEM;

APPLICATORS; DISEASES; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT X RAY RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; FRANCE; GAFCHROMIC FILM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM CANCER; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 84859157708     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

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