Evaluation of the first commercial Monte Carlo dose calculation engine for electron beam treatment planning

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 142-153

  Cygler, J E ^a   Daskalov, G M ^a   Chan, G H ^a,c   Ding, G X ^b  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron beam; Inhomogeneous phantoms; Monitor unit calculations; Monte Carlo treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; PHANTOMS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ELECTRON-BEAM TREATMENT; INHOMOGENEOUS PHANTOM; MONITOR UNIT CALCULATIONS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; RELATIVE STANDARD ERROR; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

WATER;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ERROR; GEOMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1642495638     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1633105     Document Type: Article

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