Optimization of the computational efficiency of a 3D, collapsed cone dose calculation algorithm for brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1611-1618

  Carlsson Tedgren, Åsa ^a   Ahnesjö, Anders ^b,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Elekta AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Collapsed cone; Dose calculation; Heterogeneities; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; EFFICIENCY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION SPEED; COLLAPSED CONES; DOSE CALCULATION; HETEROGENEITIES; INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES; SCATTERED PHOTONS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; KERNEL METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 41449109056     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2889777     Document Type: Article

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