Title :
Analysis of Geant4 simulations of proton depth dose profiles for radiotherapy applications
Author :
Lechner, Anton ; Pia, Maria Grazia
Author_Institution :
Atomic Institute of the Austrian Universities, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Abstract :
The physics models in the Geant4 toolkit relevant to the simulation of the proton Bragg peak are surveyed: similiarites and differences in their behaviour are highlighted, and their effects in applications to oncological radiotherapy studies are discussed. The results of this analysis provide guidance to experimentalists in the selection of Geant4 simulation models among the wide range of options available.
Keywords :
Analytical models; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic radiation; Electromagnetic scattering; Medical simulation; Packaging; Particle scattering; Physics; Protons; Shape; Bragg peak; Geant4; Monte Carlo; hadrontherapy; simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dresden, Germany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774534
