Out-of-Field Dose Equivalents Delivered by Passively Scattered Therapeutic Proton Beams for Clinically Relevant Field Configurations

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8237082	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2009	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

This work provides a valuable and clinically relevant comparison of the external field dose equivalents for various passively scattered proton treatment fields.

Keywords

Dose equivalent Microdosimetry Neutrons Proton therapy

Related Topics

Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Out-of-Field Dose Equivalents Delivered by Passively Scattered Therapeutic Proton Beams for Clinically Relevant Field Configurations

Authors

Andrew Ph.D., Ben Ph.D., Hanne Ph.D., Jay Ph.D., Reinhard M.D., Anatoly Ph.D.,