Monte Carlo dose calculations for dynamic IMRT treatments

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 929-941

  Keall, P J ^a   Siebers, J V ^a   Arnfield, M ^a   Kim, J O ^a   Mohan, R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONIC PROPULSION;

PHOTON ATTENUATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPTON EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; ERROR; EXPERIMENT; GEOMETRY; ION TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035058901     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/4/302     Document Type: Article

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