Comparison of dose calculation algorithms with Monte Carlo methods for photon arcs

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2686-2694

  Chow, James C L ^a,c   Wong, Eugene ^a,b   Chen, Jeff Z ^a,b   Van Dyk, Jake ^a,b  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Grand River Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; PHOTON ENERGY SPECTRUM; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; EQUIVALENT TISSUE AIR RATIO; GEOMETRY; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON ARC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0142089325     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1601331     Document Type: Article

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