Monte Carlo evaluation of a photon pencil kernel algorithm applied to fast neutron therapy treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3327-3344

  Söderberg, Jonas ^a   Carlsson, Gudrun Alm ^a   Ahnesjö, Anders ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Elekta AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DOSAGE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; POLYETHYLENES;

NEUTRON THERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; FAST NEUTRONS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0142182108     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/20/005     Document Type: Article

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