A Monte Carlo model for independent dose verification in serial tomotherapy

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 385-391

  Sarkar, Vikren ^a   Stathakis, Sotirios ^a   Papanikolaou, Nikos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose verification; IMRT; Monte Carlo; Serial tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 53549125817     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460800700506     Document Type: Article

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