Validation of a personalized dosimetric evaluation tool (Oedipe) for targeted radiotherapy based on the Monte Carlo MCNPX code

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 601-616

  Chiavassa, S ^a   Aubineau Laniece I ^b   Bitar, A ^a   Lisbona, A ^a   Barbet, J ^a   Franck, D ^c   Jourdain, J R ^c   Bardies M ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE NATIONAL HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSIMETRIC EVALUATION TOOL; MCNPX MONTE CARLO CODE; VOXEL-BASED GEOMETRIES;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 31344448280     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/3/009     Document Type: Article

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