Dosimetric evaluation of a Monte Carlo IMRT treatment planning system incorporating the MIMiC

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6931-6941

  Rassiah Szegedi, P ^a,b   Fuss, M ^c   Sheikh Bagheri, D ^d   Szegedi, M ^b   Stathakis, S ^a,b   Lancaster, J ^b   Papanikolaou, N ^a,b   Salter, B ^e  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BONE; DOSIMETRY;

FINITE SIZE PENCIL BEAM (FSPB); INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT); LUNG LESIONS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY (SBRT);

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG INJURY; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 36349022088     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/23/011     Document Type: Article

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