Comparing gold nano-particle enhanced radiotherapy with protons, megavoltage photons and kilovoltage photons: A Monte Carlo simulation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 7675-7689

  Lin, Yuting ^a   McMahon, Stephen J ^a,b   Scarpelli, Matthew ^a,c   Paganetti, Harald ^a   Schuemann, Jan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Geant4 DNA; gold nanoparticles; microscopic dose enhancement; Monte Carlo simulation; proton therapy; radiation therapy; radiosensitizer

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTONS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE ENHANCEMENTS; GEANT4 DNAS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOSENSITIZERS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PROTON THERAPY; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ELECTRONS; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; WATER;

EID: 84924356402     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/24/7675     Document Type: Review

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