Comparison of treatment planning dose calculations with measurements and Monte Carlo calculations in a RANDO phantom

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 461-465

  Wyatt, M ^a   Corredor, C ^a   Tamimi, M ^a   Miller, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 31544464963     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci203     Document Type: Article

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