Collapsed cone convolution and analytical anisotropic algorithm dose calculations compared to VMC++ Monte Carlo simulations in clinical cases

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3679-3691

  Hasenbalg, F ^a   Neuenschwander, H ^b   Mini, R ^a   Born, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Lindenhofspital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

ANALYTICAL ANISOTROPIC ALGORITHM; COLLAPSED CONE CONVOLUTION (CCC); DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUME (PTV); VOXEL MONTE CARLO (VMC++);

ALGORITHMS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BREAST; COLLAPSED CONE CONVOLUTION; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; IRRADIATION; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PENCIL BEAM CONVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34250350470     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/13/002     Document Type: Article

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