Deterministic photon kerma distribution based on the Boltzmann equation for external beam radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4079-4086

  Yuan, Jiankui ^a   Jette, David ^b   Chen, Weimin ^a  

^a ICT Radiotherapy   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive grid; Boltzmann equation; Discrete ordinates; First collision source method

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADAPTIVE GRIDS; ANGULAR DISCRETIZATION; DISCRETE ORDINATES; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; FIRST-COLLISION SOURCE METHOD; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; SPHERICAL HARMONIC EXPANSIONS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 50449100655     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2960247     Document Type: Article

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