Evaluation of the effect of patient dose from cone beam computed tomography on prostate IMRT using Monte Carlo simulation

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-60

  Chow, James C L ^a,b,c,d   Leung, Michael K K ^a   Islam, Mohammad K ^a,b   Norrlinger, Bernhard D ^a   Jaffray, David A ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; DVH; IMRT; Monte Carlo dosimetry; Prostate

Indexed keywords

BONE; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HISTOLOGY; MATLAB; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; UROLOGY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE-BEAM CT; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO DOSIMETRY; PROSTATE; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMUR HEAD; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ENERGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

EID: 37549061056     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2815625     Document Type: Article

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