A fast and accurate treatment planning method for boron neutron capture therapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-332

  Raaijmakers, Cornelis P J ^a   Bruinvis, Iain A D ^a   Nottelman, Eric L ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy; Dosimetry; Epithermal neutrons; Pencil beam algorithm; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BORON 10;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031981719     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00183-7     Document Type: Article

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