Open AccessA Monte Carlo approach to lung dose calculation in small fields used in intensity modulated radiation therapy and stereotactic body radiation therapy
Author(s) -
Asghar Mesbahi,
Habib Alah Dadgar,
Nahideh Gharehaghaji,
Mohammad Mohammadzadeh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.137989
Subject(s) - imaging phantom , monte carlo method , nuclear medicine , field size , photon , physics , beam (structure) , lung , materials science , optics , medicine , mathematics , statistics
In the current study, the effect of electronic disequilibrium on lung dose with small photon beams was verified.