Monte Carlo calculation of helical tomotherapy dose delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3491-3500

  Zhao, Ying Li ^a   Mackenzie, M ^a   Kirkby, C ^b   Fallone, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convolution superposition; Monte Carlo; Tomotherapy; TPS verification

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVOLUTION; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WATER TANKS;

CONVOLUTION/SUPERPOSITION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PHANTOM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 48349108994     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2948409     Document Type: Article

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