Research Article

Energy Modulated Photon Radiotherapy: A Monte Carlo Feasibility Study

Table 7

Characteristics of the beam setup of the extra lung and brain case.

PatientsLungBrain

# of beams77
EP/cm7.1, 7.0, 8.0, 4.0, 4.1, 6.8, and 8.58.0, 8.1, 7.4, 8.0, 7.1, 7.2, and 7.2
TS/cm 4.2, 5.1, 4.5, 3.2, 3.2, 3.8, and 4.54.0, 4.1, 3.0, 4.1, 3.2, 3.6, and 3.7
Energy/MV (IMRT)6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, and 66, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, and 6
Energy/MV (EMXRT)4, 5, 5, 3, 3, 4, and 55, 5, 4, 5, 4, 4, and 4

EP is effective path length. TS is tumor size.