Systematic verification of a three-dimensional electron beam dose calculation algorithm

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 685-693

  Cheng, Abel ^a   Harms, William B ^a   Gerber, Russell L ^a   Wong, John W ^a,b   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3D radiation treatment planning; algorithm verification; electron beams; pencil beam calculation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

3D RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; 3D RADIATIONS; ALGORITHM VERIFICATION; BEAM DOSE; CALCULATION ALGORITHMS; ELECTRON-BEAM; PENCIL BEAM; PENCIL BEAM CALCULATION; RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONS;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON BEAM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; THEORY;

EID: 0029934826     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597714     Document Type: Article

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