2016
Monte Carlo simulations of 3He ion physical characteristics in a water phantom and evaluation of radiobiological effectiveness
Taleei R, Guan F, Peeler C, Bronk L, Patel D, Mirkovic D, Grosshans DR, Mohan R, Titt U. Monte Carlo simulations of 3He ion physical characteristics in a water phantom and evaluation of radiobiological effectiveness. Medical Physics 2016, 43: 761-776. PMID: 26843239, DOI: 10.1118/1.4939440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonte Carlo codeEnergy depositionCarlo codeLineal energyEnergy distributionRadiation beam qualitiesSecondary particle productionDifferent Monte Carlo codesDepth dose curvesPrimary beam parametersGaussian energy distributionMonte Carlo systemHelium ionsBeam qualityMicrodosimetric parametersMonte Carlo methodBeam parametersEnergy spectrumIncident beamBragg curveRadiobiological effectivenessBragg peakHalf maximumProton doseFull width
2013
SU‐E‐T‐535: On the Out‐Of‐Field‐Doses Caused by Secondary Particles From Light Ion Beams in Charged Particle Therapy
Titt U, Guan F, Mirkovic D, Mohan R. SU‐E‐T‐535: On the Out‐Of‐Field‐Doses Caused by Secondary Particles From Light Ion Beams in Charged Particle Therapy. Medical Physics 2013, 40: 328-328. DOI: 10.1118/1.4814965.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLight ion beamsIon beamSecondary particlesLateral dose distributionSource particlesTherapeutic ion beamsLateral dose profilesHeavy ionsHelium ionsBeam parametersNuclear reactionsLateral doseDose depositionEnergy depositionHeavy particlesIon therapyParticle speciesBragg peakCharged Particle TherapyDose profilesWater phantomTarget fragmentationParticle therapyModulation widthPrimary particles