Comparing dose calculation algorithms for an orthovoltage beam in a bone phantom

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 148-151

  Monti Di Sopra, F ^a   Keall, P ^b   Beckham, W ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Vancouver Island Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose calculation algorithms; Orthovoltage X rays

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WATER;

BONE PHANTOM; ORTHOVOLTAGE PHOTONS;

ALGORITHMS; BONE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; X RAYS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032153381     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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