Abstract：Objective To study of the impact on dose distribution by electron width of energy spectrum and angular distribution using Monte Carlo simulation. Methods The simulated electron energy spectrum and angular distributions was as the input parameters and percentage depth dose (PDD) and off-axis curves were simulated by a modified PENELOPE code package. Results PDD and off-axis dose distribution curves are almost the same and are not sensitive to energy spectrum width and angular distribution with the exception of energy spectrum width of 2.5 MeV with obviously different curves. Conclusions In the situation of clinical treatment, spectrum and angular distributions can be ignored when their width are not very large. It is helpful to save about 9% time by using monoenergy beams in treatment planning system development.
KANG Sheng-wei*,WANG Pei,LANG Jin-yi et al. Monte Carlo calculation of the impact on dose distribution by width of energy spectrum and angular distribution of electron beam[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2012, 21(1): 80-82.
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