A distributed simulation framework for conformal radiotherapy

IPDPS Miami 2008 - Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, Program and CD-ROM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yaikhom, G ^a   Giddy, J P ^a   Walker, D W ^a   Downes, P ^a   Spezi, E ^b   Lewis, D G ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; GRID COMPUTING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOTHERAPY;

MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 51049105744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2008.4536471     Document Type: Conference Paper

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