Dosimetric verification of two commercially available three-dimensional treatment planning systems using the TG 23 test package

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1188-1195

  Ramsey, Chester R ^a   Cordrey, Ivan L ^a   Spencer, Kelly M ^a   Oliver, Adrian L ^a  

^a THOMPSON CANCER SURVIVAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational accuracy; Convolution superposition; Pencil beam kernel; Task Group 23; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTATIONAL ACCURACY; PENCIL BEAM; RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; TASK GROUPS; THREE DIMENSIONAL RADIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

TESTING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032767966     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598614     Document Type: Article

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