| Literature DB >> 24290533 |
Antony Carver1, Alan Gately, Richard Clements, Alan Nahum.
Abstract
Contact radiotherapy uses small field sizes and very short SSDs to deliver low-energy X-rays very close to the position of a tumour. We present a Monte Carlo simulation of the Papillon contact radiotherapy machine, and in particular the backscatter factor, to investigate whether the factors given in current Codes of practice for kV dosimetry remain valid under these conditions.Entities:
Keywords: Backscatter factor; Contact radiotherapy; Dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Papillon P50
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Year: 2013 PMID： 24290533 DOI： 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.10.032
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiother Oncol ISSN： 0167-8140 Impact factor: 6.280