Comparison of PENELOPE Monte Carlo dose calculations with Fricke dosimeter and ionization chamber measurements in heterogeneous phantoms (18 MeV electron and 12 MV photon beams)

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5951-5965

  Blazy, L ^a   Baltes, D ^a   Bordy, J M ^a   Cutarella, D ^a   Delaunay, F ^a   Gouriou, J ^a   Leroy, E ^a   Ostrowsky, A ^a   Beaumont, S ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

^b QualiFormeD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FRICKE DOSIMETERS; HETEROGENEOUS PHANTOMS; IONIZATION CHAMBER MEASUREMENTS; PHOTON BEAMS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LUNG; LUNG EXAMINATION; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

BODY BURDEN; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 33846859337     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/22/016     Document Type: Article

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