Full forward Monte Carlo calculation of portal dose from MLC collimated treatment beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 377-390

  Spezi, E ^a   Lewis, D G ^a  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR(MLC);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONICS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE;

CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0037034098     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/3/302     Document Type: Article

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