Sensitivity analysis of Monte Carlo model of a gantry-mounted passively scattered proton system.

CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed the importance of considering detailed beam parameters, and identifying those that resulted in large effects on the physical dose distribution and LETs for a compact proton therapy machine. PMID: 31898873 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics - January 2, 2020 Category: Physics Authors: Baradaran-Ghahfarokhi M, Reynoso F, Prusator MT, Sun B, Zhao T Tags: J Appl Clin Med Phys Source Type: research

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