Monte Carlo evaluation of the AAA treatment planning algorithm in a heterogeneous multilayer phantom and IMRT clinical treatments for an Elekta SL25 linear accelerator

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1665-1677

  Sterpin, E ^a   Tomsej, M ^a   De Smedt, B ^b   Reynaert, N ^b   Vynckier, S ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AAA; Inhomogeneity correction; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVOLUTION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ANISOTROPIC ANALYTICAL ALGORITHMS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CONVOLUTION/SUPERPOSITION; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; HOMOGENEOUS CONDITIONS; INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES;

PHANTOMS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANISOTROPIC ANALYTICAL ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; ETHMOID SINUS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUMOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RIB; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDITY;

EID: 34247599929     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2727314     Document Type: Article

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