Monte Carlo evaluation of 6 MV intensity modulated radiotherapy plans for head and neck and lung treatments

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2705-2717

  Wang, Lu ^a   Yorke, Ellen ^b   Chui, Chen Shou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneity correction; Inverse optimization algorithm; Monte Carlo dose calculation; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; INVERSE OPTIMIZATION; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON RADIATION; GEOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036851659     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1517291     Document Type: Article

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