Using Monte Carlo simulations to commission photon beam output factors - A feasibility study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3865-3874

  Ding, George X ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

WATER PHANTOM;

PHOTONS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346121669     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/23/005     Document Type: Article

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