Development of a Monte Carlo model for the Brainlab microMLC

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 787-799

  Belec, Jason ^a   Patrocinio, Horacio ^a   Verhaegen, Frank ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS;

COMPONENT MODULES; OUTPUT FACTORS; PARTICLE TRACING; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

SURGERY;

ALGORITHM; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; MICRO MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SOFTWARE; WATER; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 16444368473     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/5/005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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