Complexity of monte carlo and deterministic dose-calculation methods

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 517-528

  Börgers, Christoph ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BIOMETRY; BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 2642679248     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/3/004     Document Type: Article

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