Dosimetric verification of IMRT treatment planning using Monte Carlo simulations for prostate cancer

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 869-878

  Yang, J ^a   Li, J ^a   Chen, L ^a   Price, R ^a   McNeeley, S ^a   Qin, L ^a   Wang, L ^a   Xiong, W ^a   Ma, C M ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLANNING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

DOSE CALCULATION; HISTOGRAMS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT); MEAN DOSES;

DOSIMETRY;

BLADDER; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 16444367288     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/5/011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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