Theoretical developments on fast Fourier transform convolution dose calculations in inhomogeneous media

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1511-1521

  Wong, Eugene ^a   Zhu, Yunping ^b   Van Dyk, Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

dose calculation; FFT convolution; inhomogeneous media; x ray

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; X RAYS;

DOSE CALCULATION; FFT CONVOLUTION; FIRST ORDER THEORIES; FIRST PRINCIPLES; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; SATISFACTORY PREDICTIONS; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CALCULATIONS;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

EID: 0029810296     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597883     Document Type: Article

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