Analysis of inelastic interactions for therapeutic proton beams using Monte Carlo simulation

A. Rosenfeld, University of Wollongong
A. J. Wroe, University of Wollongong
I. Cornelius, University of Wollongong
M. Reinhard, ANSTO, Australia
D. Alexiev, ANSTO, Australia

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This article was originally published as: Rosenfeld, AB, Wroe, AJ, Cornelius, I et al, Analysis of inelastic interactions for therapeutic proton beams using Monte Carlo simulation, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, December 2004, 51(6)1, 3019-3025. Copyright IEEE 2004.

Abstract

The irradiation of various tissue-like materials by therapeutic proton beams was simulated using Monte Carlo. The contribution of inelastic reaction products to the depth-dose distribution was determined. The use of silicon microdosimeters for verifying Monte Carlo calculations was also investigated. The importance of these studies to Monte Carlo-based treatment planning systems is emphasized.