Monte Carlo based IMRT dose verification using MLC log files and R/V outputs

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2557-2564

  Luo, Wei ^a   Li, Jinsheng ^a   Price, Robert A ^a   Chen, Lili ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Fan, Jiajin ^a   Chen, Zuoqun ^a   McNeeley, Shawn ^a   Xu, Xiu ^a   Ma, Chang Ming ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Average leaf position error; Dose verification; IMRT quality assurance (QA); Log file based Monte Carlo simulation; MLC log file

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

AVERAGE LEAF POSITION ERROR; DOSE VERIFICATION; IMRT QUALITY ASSURANCE; LEAF POSITION; LOG FILE BASED MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; LOGFILE; MLC LOG FILE; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; POSITION ERRORS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FILM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33745664018     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2208916     Document Type: Article

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