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Magneto-Radiotherapy: Effect Of Magnetic Field On Dose Distribution And Rbe, Heidi Nettelbeck, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld, George J. Takacs, Michael L. Lerch
Magneto-Radiotherapy: Effect Of Magnetic Field On Dose Distribution And Rbe, Heidi Nettelbeck, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld, George J. Takacs, Michael L. Lerch
George Takacs
Magneto-radiotherapy is the application of magnetic fields during radiotherapy procedures. It aims to improve the quality of cancer treatment by altering the dose deposition of charged particles in the tissue volume being targeted. Our research has focused on applying the concept of magneto-radiotherapy to conventional linac treatment and MRT (Microbeam Radiation Therapy) oncology modalities.
Effect Of Transverse Magnetic Fields On Dose Distribution And Rbe Of Photon Beams: Comparing Penelope And Egs4 Monte Carlo Codes, Heidi Nettelbeck, George Takacs, Anatoly Rosenfeld
Effect Of Transverse Magnetic Fields On Dose Distribution And Rbe Of Photon Beams: Comparing Penelope And Egs4 Monte Carlo Codes, Heidi Nettelbeck, George Takacs, Anatoly Rosenfeld
George Takacs
The application of a strong transverse magnetic field to a volume undergoing irradiation by a photon beam can produce localized regions of dose enhancement and dose reduction. This study uses the PENELOPE Monte Carlo code to investigate the effect of a slice of uniform transverse magnetic field on a photon beam using different magnetic field strengths and photon beam energies. The maximum and minimum dose yields obtained in the regions of dose enhancement and dose reduction are compared to those obtained with the EGS4 Monte Carlo code in a study by Li et al (2001), who investigated the effect of …