Monte Carlo verification of IMRT treatment plans on grid

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 126, Issue , 2007, Pages 105-114

  Gómez, Andrés ^a   Fernández Sánchez, Carlos ^a   Mouriño Gallego, José Carlos ^a   López Cacheiro, Javier ^a   González Castaño, Francisco J ^b   Rodríguez Silva, Daniel ^b   Domínguez Carrera, Lorena ^b   González Martínez, David ^b   Pena García, Javier ^c   Gómez Rodríguez, Faustino ^c   González Castaño, Diego ^c   Pombar Cameán, Miguel ^d  

^a Centro de Supercomputacion de Galicia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

EGEE; gLite; GRID; IMRT; Monte Carlo; Radiotherapy; treatment plan verification

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA);

EGEE; GLITE; GRID; IMRT; TREATMENT PLANS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SPAIN;

HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SPAIN;

EID: 34548559707     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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