CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPUTER-SIMULATED RADIOTHERAPY BEAMS FOR MONTE-CARLO TREATMENT PLANNING

Authors
MA CM
Citation
Cm. Ma, CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPUTER-SIMULATED RADIOTHERAPY BEAMS FOR MONTE-CARLO TREATMENT PLANNING, Radiation physics and chemistry (1993), 53(3), 1998, pp. 329-344
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Chemistry Physical","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Radiation physics and chemistry (1993) → ACNP
ISSN journal
0969806X
Volume
53
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
329 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-806X(1998)53:3<329:COCRBF>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Beam characterization consists of two parts: Beam simulation and beam modeling. The EGS4/BEAM Monte-Carlo code system has been used for the simulation of the beams from different clinical linear accelerators an d a multiple-source model has been proposed to represent and reconstru ct the simulated beam phase-space data. Benefits of well-designed beam models over phase-space data include shorter beam simulation time, a smaller disk space requirement, and improved understanding of the clin ical beams used for radiotherapy. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All r ights reserved.