Simulation of prompt gamma-ray emission during proton radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 5459-5472

  Verburg, Joost M ^a,b   Shih, Helen A ^a   Seco, Joao ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GAMMA DETECTORS; GAMMA EMISSION; GAMMA LINES; GAMMA-RAY EMISSION; HUMAN TISSUES; IN-VIVO; INPUT PARAMETER; MODEL SELECTION; MONTE CARLO CODES; NITROGEN-14; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; PROMPT GAMMA-RAYS; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; PROTON THERAPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PROTONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTON THERAPY;

ELASTICITY; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTON THERAPY;

EID: 84865104964     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/17/5459     Document Type: Article

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