Monte Carlo calculation of single-beam dose profiles used in a gamma knife treatment planning system

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1673-1675

  Cheung, Joel Y C ^a,b   Yu, K N ^a   Yu, C P ^b   Ho, Robert T K ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Canossa Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

EGS4; Gamma knife; GammaPlan; Monte Carlo; Single beam dose profile

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PHANTOMS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EGS4; GAMMA KNIFE; GAMMA-KNIFE TREATMENT; GAMMAPLAN; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO RESULTS; SINGLE BEAM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031716117     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598347     Document Type: Article

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