Evaluation of a model-based treatment planning system for dose computations in the kilovoltage energy range

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2821-2826

  Alaei, Parham ^a   Gerbi, Bruce J ^a   Geise, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic x rays; TLD; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS;

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; RANDO ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOM; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

X RAYS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

EID: 0034511603     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1323982     Document Type: Article

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