A Monte Carlo study of IMRT beamlets in inhomogeneous media

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 296-300

  Jones, Andrew O ^a,d   Das, Indra J ^b   Jones, Frederick L ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneity corrections; Monte Carlo calculations

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BEAMLETS; FIELD SIZE; INHOMOGENEITIES; INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; INTENSITY MAPS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; RADIATION FIELD; SMALL MULTIPLES;

PHANTOMS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION;

EID: 0037341313     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1539040     Document Type: Article

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