A comparison of electron beam dose calculation accuracy between treatment planning systems using either a pencil beam or a Monte Carlo algorithm

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 622-633

  Ding, George X ^a   Cygler, Joanna E ^b   Yu, Christine W ^c   Kalach, Nina I ^c,d   Daskalov, G ^b,e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d ST VINCENT S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron pencil beam; Inhomogeneous phantoms; Monitor unit calculations; Monte Carlo; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOSIMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ELECTRON PENCIL BEAM; INHOMOGENEOUS PHANTOM; MONITOR UNIT CALCULATIONS;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; ELECTRONS; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINE; TRACHEA; WATER;

EID: 24944573066     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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