Comparison of dose calculation algorithms in slab phantoms with cortical bone equivalent heterogeneities

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3323-3333

  Carrasco, P ^a   Jornet, N ^a   Duch, M A ^b   Panettieri, V ^b   Weber, L ^c   Eudaldo, T ^a   Ginjaume, M ^b   Ribas, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone correction; Calculation algorithms; Heterogeneity correction; Treatment planning systems

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; METALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOS DEVICES; MOSFET DEVICES; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; PHANTOMS; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALCULATION ALGORITHMS; CORRECTION FACTORS; DOSE CALCULATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; MOSFET DETECTORS; SUPERPOSITION ALGORITHMS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

BONE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CORTICAL BONE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34547413594     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2750972     Document Type: Article

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