Verification and application of the voxel-based Monte Carlo (VMC++) electron dose module of Oncentra™ MasterPlan;Verifikation und anwendungen des voxelbasierten Monte-Carlo-(VMC++-) elektronen-dosismoduls von Oncentra™ MasterPlan

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Scherf, Christian ^b   Scherer, Josef ^c   Bogner, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

3 D treatment planning; Dose evaluation; Electrons; QA; Verification; Voxel Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33846994408     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-007-1602-8     Document Type: Article

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