Comparison of the performance of two NCT treatment planning systems using the therapeutic beam of the RA-6 reactor

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 805-810

  Casal, M R ^a,b   Gonzalez S J ^b   Blaumann, H R ^c   Longhino, J ^c   Calzetta Larrieu, O A ^c   Wemple, C A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO ATÓMICO CONSTITUYENTES   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^d Bechtel BWXT Idaho LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

BNCT; Hyperthermal beam; NCTPlan; SERA

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE; STANDARDS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (NCT); TREATMENT PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARGENTINA; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOMETRY; LIMB; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; REACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARGENTINA; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; FAST NEUTRONS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 4143124554     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.05.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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