Monte Carlo dose calculations in the treatment of a pelvis with implant and comparison with pencil-beam calculations

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 229-233

  Laub, Wolfram U ^a   Nüsslin, Fridtjof ^b  

^a LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Monte Carlo; Prosthetic hip

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HIP PROSTHESIS; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PELVIS; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0346218242     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2003.05.001     Document Type: Article

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