Dose attenuation effect of hip prostheses in a 9-MV photon beam: Commercial treatment planning system versus Monte Carlo calculations

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 529-535

  Mesbahi, Asghar ^a   Nejad, Farshad Seyed ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

EPL method; Hip prosthesis; Monte Carlo method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIOMETRY;

METAL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METALS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 40349087193     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0181-z     Document Type: Article

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