Experimental validation of the TOPAS Monte Carlo system for passive scattering proton therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Testa, M ^a   Schumann J ^a   Lu, H M ^a   Shin, J ^b   Faddegon, B ^b   Perl, J ^c   Paganetti, H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte carlo simulations; Passive scattering; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELECTRON EMISSION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MODULATION; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTON BEAMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; MULTIPLE COULOMB SCATTERINGS; PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; PROTON THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY SYSTEMS; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; VALIDATION MEASUREMENTS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PASSIVE SCATTERING PROTON THERAPY; PHANTOM; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT; ROTATION; TOOL FOR PARTICLE SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84890091161     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4828781     Document Type: Article

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