High density dental materials and radiotherapy planning: Comparison of the dose predictions using superposition algorithm and fluence map Monte Carlo method with radiochromic film measurements

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Spirydovich, Siarhei ^a,b   Papiez, Lech ^a   Langer, Mark ^a   Sandison, George ^b   Thai, Van ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convolution; Dental; Fluence map; Head and neck; Monte Carlo; Superposition

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL ALLOY; GOLD ALLOY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; DENTAL MATERIALS; FILM DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33845229491     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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