Magnetic confinement of radiotherapy beam-dose profiles
dc.contributor.author | Becchetti, Fredrick D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Litzenberg, Dale W. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Moran, Jean M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | O’Donnell, T. W. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Roberts, Donald A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Fraass, Benedick A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | McShan, Daniel L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bielajew, Alex F. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-15T16:04:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-11-15T16:04:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001-12-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Becchetti, F. D.; Litzenberg, D. W.; Moran, J. M.; O’Donnell, T. W.; Roberts, D. A.; Fraass, B. A.; McShan, D. L.; Bielajew, A. F. (2001). "Magnetic confinement of radiotherapy beam-dose profiles." AIP Conference Proceedings 600(1): 44-46. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87615> | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | APCPCS-600-1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87615 | |
dc.description.abstract | We have used electron and photon beams from the 50 MV electron microtron at UM Hospital together with a large-bore 3.5T superconducting solenoid to demonstrate the magnetic confinement of HE electron and photon beam-dose profiles for typical radiotherapy beams. The HE electron beams in particular exhibit a large reduction in penumbra when entering a tissue-equivalent phantom and, in addition, confinement of the secondary electrons produced by the primary beam. Likewise photon beams show a similar confinement of the dose from secondary electrons. While the results resemble features predicted from Monte Carlo calculations, there are a number of anomalous details in the actual experimental data which serve to illustrate the problems associated with practical clinical implementations. However the data suggest that in certain cases HE electrons may provide a cost-effective alternate to proton or HI radiotherapy beams and, also, improve the dose profile for HE photon beams. © 2001 American Institute of Physics. | en_US |
dc.publisher | The American Institute of Physics | en_US |
dc.rights | © The American Institute of Physics | en_US |
dc.title | Magnetic confinement of radiotherapy beam-dose profiles | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Physics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/87615/2/44_1.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1063/1.1435193 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | CYCLOCTRONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS 2001: Sixteenth International Conference | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Physics, Department of |
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