Use of diverging apertures to minimize the edge scatter in passive scattering proton therapy

Physics & Astronomy

• proton scattering 86%
• therapy 70%
• apertures 56%
• contamination 28%
• dosage 13%
• protons 13%
• surface water 12%
• collimators 10%
• organs 10%
• scattering 10%
• rooms 9%
• scanning 6%
• water 5%
• radiation 5%
• profiles 5%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Protons 88%
• Contamination 70%
• Scattering 68%
• Water tanks 30%
• Radiation 19%
• Scanning 18%
• Water 13%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Proton Therapy 100%
• Water 32%
• Radiation 18%