VMC++ versus BEAMnrc: A comparison of simulated linear accelerator heads for photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1521-1531

  Hasenbalg, F ^a   Fix, M K ^a   Born, E J ^a   Mini, R ^a   Kawrakow, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BEAMnrc; Monte Carlo simulations; Treatment head; VMC++

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; CLINICAL RESEARCH; INVESTMENTS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTONS;

BEAMNRC; CHARGED PARTICLE TRANSPORT; FASTER IMPLEMENTATION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; RADIOTHERAPY APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TREATMENT HEAD; VARIANCE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COPPER; TUNGSTEN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTON; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE;

EID: 41449102241     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2885372     Document Type: Article

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