Monte Carlo dose calculations for radiotherapy machines: Theratron 780-C teletherapy case study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 807-818

  Sichani, B Teimouri ^a   Sohrabpour, M ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE-DEPENDENT PARAMETERS; RADIOTHERAPY MACHINES;

MEDICINE;

COBALT 60;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COBALT TELETHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 1542401193     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/5/011     Document Type: Article

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