Monte Carlo simulation of helical tomotherapy with PENELOPE

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2161-2180

  Sterpin, E ^a   Salvat, F ^b   Cravens, R ^c   Ruchala, K ^c   Olivera, G H ^c,d   Vynckier, S ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

HELICAL MODES; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY (HT); MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; NONHUMAN; PENELOPE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; ROTATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNICAL AID; TRANSFER; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION STUDY;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42949087443     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/8/011     Document Type: Article

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