Influence of calculation model on dose distribution in stereotactic radiotherapy for pulmonary targets

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 239-249

  Haedinger, Ulrich ^a,b   Krieger, Thomas ^a   Flentje, Michael ^a   Wulf, Joern ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Steinhaeuserstrasse 18 D 76135 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Collapsed cone algorithm; Lung tumors; Monte Carlo calculation; Pencil beam model; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Target dose coverage; Three dimensional conformal radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; TUMORS;

MEAN TARGET DOSE; PENCIL BEAM (PB); PHOTON BEAMS; TUMOR-LUNG INTERFACE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 11144340904     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.03.028     Document Type: Article

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