Monte Carlo simulations to support start-up and treatment planning of scanned proton and carbon ion therapy at a synchrotron-based facility

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3759-3784

  Parodi, K ^a   Mairani, A ^a,b   Brons, S ^a   Hasch, B G ^a   Sommerer, F ^a,c   Naumann, J ^a   Jakel O ^a   Haberer, T ^a   Debus, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ION BEAMS; IONS;

ACCURATE CALCULATIONS; ANALYTICAL ALGORITHMS; CARBON ION THERAPY; CLINICAL OPERATIONS; MIXED RADIATION FIELDS; PLANNED TREATMENTS; RELIABLE TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CARBON; PROTON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SYNCHROTRON;

CARBON; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 84862010220     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/12/3759     Document Type: Article

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