A simplified model of the source channel of the Leksell Gamma Knife®: Testing multiscore configurations with PENELOPE

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3441-3453

  Al Dweri, Feras M O ^a   Lallena, Antonio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; SOURCE CHANNELS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WATER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444361144     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/15/009     Document Type: Article

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