2018
Physical parameter optimization scheme for radiobiological studies of charged particle therapy
Geng C, Gates D, Bronk L, Ma D, Guan F. Physical parameter optimization scheme for radiobiological studies of charged particle therapy. Physica Medica 2018, 51: 13-21. PMID: 30278981, PMCID: PMC6173200, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.06.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIon beamParticle therapyPhysical quantitiesDose-averaged linear energy transferC-ion beamsLinear energy transferBiological dose optimizationParticle beamsProton beamBragg curveBragg peakWhole target regionBeamCorresponding physical dataEnergy transferProtonsMonte Carlo simulationsAppropriate biophysical modelSpatial distributionSOBPRadiobiological studiesCarlo simulationsDose spreadIonsLET
2013
SU‐E‐T‐502: In Search of the Optimum Ion for Radiotherapy
Guan F, Titt U, Bangert M, Mohan R. SU‐E‐T‐502: In Search of the Optimum Ion for Radiotherapy. Medical Physics 2013, 40: 320-320. DOI: 10.1118/1.4814931.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFragmentation tailC ionsBragg peakGeant4 Monte Carlo toolkitMonte Carlo toolkitC-ion beamsLateral penumbraPeak dose ratioNarrow Bragg peaksMonoenergetic beamsTypes of ionsIon beamEnergy dependenceBroad beamLET distributionsPristine beamWater phantomNuclear fragmentsBeamDose contributionSpatial doseDifferent ionsProtonsSmaller penumbraIons