Dosimetric validation of the MCNPX Monte Carlo simulation for radiobiologic studies of megavoltage grid radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1576-1583

  Zhang, Hualin ^a,b   Johnson, Ellis L ^b   Zwicker, Robert D ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid; MCNPX; Melanoma; Monte Carlo simulation; Therapeutic ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; TISSUE;

MCNPX; MELANOMA; THERAPEUTIC RATIO;

RADIOTHERAPY;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL SURVIVAL; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MELANOMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR CELL; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY FILM;

ALGORITHMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MELANOMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 33751199356     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.08.059     Document Type: Article

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