Simulation studies of field shaping in rotational radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4289-4298

  Ivanova, T ^a   Bliznakova, K ^a   Pallikarakis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beam modulation; Conformal radiotherapy; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSERVATION; IRRADIATION; MODULATION; RADIOTHERAPY; VERIFICATION;

BEAM MODULATION; CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; GEOMETRICAL POSITIONS; INITIAL ORIENTATION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; SIMULATION STUDIES; VOXEL BASED MODELING;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR;

EID: 33750546029     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2358200     Document Type: Article

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