An overview of Monte Carlo treatment planning for radiotherapy

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-129

  Spezi, Emiliano ^a   Lewis, Geraint ^a  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 56349160061     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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