Experimental validation of the Eclipse AAA algorithm

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-92

  Breitman, Karen ^a   Rathee, Satyapal ^b   Newcomb, Chris ^a   Murray, Brad ^b   Robinson, Don ^b   Field, Colin ^b   Warkentin, Heather ^b   Connors, Sherry ^b   MacKenzie, Marc ^b   Dunscombe, Peter ^a   Fallone, Gino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AAA; Dosimetric evaluation; Photon beam dose calculation; TG 53 criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249941855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v8i2.2350     Document Type: Article

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