Experimental and Monte Carlo evaluation of Eclipse treatment planning system for lung dose calculations

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 123-133

  Mesbahi, Asghar ^a   Thwaites, David I ^b   Reilly, Andrew J ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic equilibrium; Lung inhomogeneity; Monte Carlo method; Radiotherapy treatment planning; Thorax phantom

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33747032278     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1507-1367(06)71057-4     Document Type: Article

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