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pro vyhledávání: '"D. W. O. Rogers"'
Autor:
V N, Malkov, D W O, Rogers
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 43(7)
To accurately and efficiently implement charged particle transport in a magnetic field in EGSnrc and validate the code for the use in phantom and ion chamber simulations.The effect of the magnetic field on the particle motion and position is determin
Autor:
M, Rodriguez, D W O, Rogers
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 41(11)
To more accurately account for the relative intrinsic energy dependence and relative absorbed-dose energy dependence of TLDs when used to measure dose rate constants (DRCs) for (125)I and (103)Pd brachytherapy seeds, to thereby establish revised "mea
Autor:
B R, Muir, D W O, Rogers
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 41(11)
To provide a comprehensive investigation of electron beam reference dosimetry using Monte Carlo simulations of the response of 10 plane-parallel and 18 cylindrical ion chamber types. Specific emphasis is placed on the determination of the optimal shi
Autor:
B R, Muir, D W O, Rogers
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 40(12)
To investigate recommendations for reference dosimetry of electron beams and gradient effects for the NE2571 chamber and to provide beam quality conversion factors using Monte Carlo simulations of the PTW Roos and NE2571 ion chambers.The EGSnrc code
Autor:
M, Rodriguez, D W O, Rogers
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 40(1)
To investigate several aspects of the Chen and Nath spectroscopic method of determining the dose rate constants of (125)I and (103)Pd seeds [Z. Chen and R. Nath, Phys. Med. Biol. 55, 6089-6104 (2010)] including the accuracy of using a line or dual-po
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 39(11)
In a recent computational study, an improved physics-based approach was proposed for unfolding linac photon spectra and incident electron energies from transmission data. In this approach, energy differentiation is improved by simultaneously using tr
Autor:
Sou-Tung, Chiu-Tsao, Melvin A, Astrahan, Paul T, Finger, David S, Followill, Ali S, Meigooni, Christopher S, Melhus, Firas, Mourtada, Mary E, Napolitano, Ravinder, Nath, Mark J, Rivard, D W O, Rogers, Rowan M, Thomson
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 39(10)
Dosimetry of eye plaques for ocular tumors presents unique challenges in brachytherapy. The challenges in accurate dosimetry are in part related to the steep dose gradient in the tumor and critical structures that are within millimeters of radioactiv
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 39(10)
There are three goals for this study: (a) to perform detailed megavoltage transmission measurements in order to identify the factors that affect the measurement accuracy, (b) to use the measured data as a benchmark for the EGSnrc system in order to i
Autor:
E S M, Ali, D W O, Rogers
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 39(3)
To develop a physics-based approach to improve the accuracy and robustness of the ill-conditioned problem of unfolding megavoltage bremsstrahlung spectra from transmission data.Spectra are specified using a rigorously-benchmarked functional form. Sin
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 39(3)
To investigate the behavior of plane-parallel ion chambers in high-energy photon beams through measurements and Monte Carlo simulations.Ten plane-parallel ion chamber types were obtained from the major ion chamber manufacturers. Absorbed dose-to-wate