Monte Carlo feasibility study of orthogonal bremsstrahlung beams for improved radiation therapy imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1171-1184

  Jabbari, Keyvan ^a   Sarfehnia, Arman ^a   Podgorsak, Ervin B ^a   Seuntjens, Jan P ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG BEAMS; CONTRAST IMAGING; ORTHOGONAL BEAMS; RADIATION THERAPY IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALUMINUM; CARBON; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON BEAM; IMAGING SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SIMULATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICS;

ELECTRONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 34247108282     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/4/021     Document Type: Article

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