A vectorized Monte Carlo code for radiotherapy treatment planning dose calculation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Weng, Xuejun ^a   Yan, Yulong ^b   Shu, Huazhong ^a   Wang, Jiawang ^a   Jiang, Steve B ^c   Luo, Limin ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DOSE PLANNING METHOD (DPM);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 1642540537     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/7/401     Document Type: Article

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