Open AccessGrid block design based on monte carlo simulated dosimetry, the linear quadratic and Hug–Kellerer radiobiological models
Author(s) -
Somayeh Gholami,
Hassan Ali Nedaie,
F. Longo,
Mohammad Reza Ay,
Sharifeh A. Dini,
Ali S. Meigooni
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical physics/journal of medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3913
pISSN - 0971-6203
DOI - 10.4103/jmp.jmp_38_17
Subject(s) - imaging phantom , monte carlo method , dosimetry , dosimeter , block design , ionization chamber , grid , block (permutation group theory) , materials science , computational physics , physics , nuclear medicine , mathematics , optics , geometry , statistics , ionization , medicine , ion , quantum mechanics
The clinical efficacy of Grid therapy has been examined by several investigators. In this project, the hole diameter and hole spacing in Grid blocks were examined to determine the optimum parameters that give a therapeutic advantage.