A simplified model of the source channel of the Leksell GammaKnife® tested with PENELOPE

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2687-2703

  Al Dweri, Feras M O ^a   Lallena, Antonio M ^a   Vilches, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION EFFECTS;

MATHEMATICAL COLLIMATORS; TREATMENT HELMETS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 3242743072     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/12/015     Document Type: Article

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