Optimization of patient geometry based on CT data in GEANT4 for medical application

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2576-2580

  Aso, Tsukasa ^a   Kimura, Akinori ^b   Yamashita, Tomohiro ^c   Sasaki, Takashi ^d  

^a Toyama National College of Maritime Technology   (Japan)

^b ASHIKAGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

DICOM; Dose calculation; GEANT4; Monte Carlo; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; GEOMETRY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

APPLICATION FIELDS; CT DATA; DICOM; DICOM FORMAT; DOSE CALCULATION; GEANT4; MEDICAL PHYSICS; MEMORY CONSUMPTION; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CODES; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PARAMETERIZED; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PATIENT DATA; PATIENT GEOMETRIES; PERFORMANCE STUDY; POWERFUL FUNCTIONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48149086428     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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