DocumentCode
2618849
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
fYear
2008
fDate
19-25 Oct. 2008
Firstpage
875
Lastpage
882
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location
Dresden, Germany
ISSN
1095-7863
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN
1095-7863
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774534
Filename
4774534
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