Comparison of a finite-element multigroup discrete-ordinates code with Monte Carlo for radiotherapy calculations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2253-2265

  Gifford, Kent A ^a   Horton Jr , John L ^a   Wareing, Todd A ^b   Failla, Gregory ^b   Mourtada, Firas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Transpire Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LINEAR EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL CALCULATIONS; TRANSPORT GEOMETRIES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; AIR; ARTICLE; ATOM; BONE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

BODY BURDEN; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 33646014420     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/9/010     Document Type: Article

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