Monte Carlo dosimetry for synchrotron stereotactic radiotherapy of brain tumours

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4841-4851

  Boudou, Caroline ^a   Balosso, Jacques ^a,b   Estève, François ^a,b   Elleaume, Hélène ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; SYNCHROTRONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY BEAM; MONTE CARLO DOSIMETRY; SYNCHROTRON STEREOTACTIC TECHNIQUE (SST);

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; X RAY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 26244439466     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/20/007     Document Type: Article

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