Range uncertainties in proton therapy and the role of Monte Carlo simulations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Paganetti, Harald ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; CURRENT RANGE; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; DOSE CALCULATION; IN-VIVO; MATERIAL CONSTANT; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLE COULOMB SCATTERINGS; PATIENT SETUP; PROTON THERAPY; RANGE UNCERTAINTY; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TOTAL ENERGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT VOLUMES;

ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAMS; TISSUE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROTON;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY;

HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84861175702     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/11/R99     Document Type: Review

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