Characterization of prompt gamma-ray emission with respect to the Bragg peak for proton beam range verification: A Monte Carlo study

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• 作者：Melek Zarifi^a ; Susanna Guatelli^a ; David Bolst^a ; Brian Hutton^b ; Anatoly Rosenfeld^a ; Yujin Qi^a ; ^{yujin@uow.edu.au}
• 关键词：Prompt gamma ; Bragg peak ; Proton therapy ; Geant4
• 刊名：Physica Medica
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：33
• 期：Complete
• 页码：197-206
• 全文大小：1974 K
• 卷排序：33

文摘

Quantification of the correlation between prompt gamma rays and Bragg peak and their dependence on beam energy. Position preference dependence of prompt gamma detection on Bragg peak position. Evaluation of the prompt gamma response to small Bragg peak shifts.