An interactive, parallel, three-dimensional fast Fourier transform convolution dose calculation using a supercomputer

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 519-522

  McGary, J E ^a,b   Boyer, A L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

DOSE CALCULATION;

SUPERCOMPUTERS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030893609     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597934     Document Type: Article

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