Monte Carlo simulations with time-dependent geometries to investigate effects of organ motion with high temporal resolution

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 942-950

  Paganetti, Harald ^a   Jiang, Hongyu ^a   Adams, Judith A ^a   Chen, George T ^a   Rietzel, Eike ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

4D CT; Dose calculation; Monte Carlo; Organ motion; Protons

Indexed keywords

CT INFORMATION; ORGAN MOTION; PROTON THERAPY; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROTONS; PULMONARY DISEASES; TUMORS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATION;

EID: 4744351435     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.06.024     Document Type: Article

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