Dose calculation validation of VMC++ for photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1809-1818

  Gardner, J ^a   Siebers, J ^a   Kawrakow, I ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

AVERAGE EFFICIENCIES; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY;

PHANTOMS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BONE; DOSIMETRY; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PAROTID GLAND; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 34247571039     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2714473     Document Type: Article

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