Monte Carlo simulation of portal dosimetry on a rectilinear voxel geometry: A variable gantry angle solution

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Chin, P W ^a   Spezi, E ^a   Lewis, D G ^a  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

GANTRY ANGLES;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0042413930     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/16/401     Document Type: Article

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