A CT-based Monte Carlo simulation tool for dosimetry planning and analysis

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  DeMarco, J J ^a   Solberg, T D ^a   Smathers, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dosimetry; Inhomogeneity; Monte Carlo; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; INHOMOGENEITIES; MONTE CARLO N PARTICLES; NUCLEAR REACTOR ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031950887     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598167     Document Type: Article

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