Head-and-neck IMRT treatments assessed with a Monte Carlo dose calculation engine

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 817-830

  Seco, J ^a   Adams, E ^b   Bidmead, M ^a   Partridge, M ^b   Verhaegen, F ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BONE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; TISSUE; TUMORS;

AIR CAVITIES; DOSE CALCULATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT); SOFT TISSUES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BRAIN STEM; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PAROTID GLAND; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 16444374929     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/5/007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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