Monte Carlo evaluation of the convolution/superposition algorithm of Hi-Art tomotherapy in heterogeneous phantoms and clinical cases

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1566-1575

  Sterpin, E ^a   Salvat, F ^b   Olivera, G ^c,d   Vynckier, S ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONVOLUTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

CONVOLUTION/SUPERPOSITION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; ELECTRONIC EQUILIBRIUM; HEAD-AND-NECK TUMOR; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; TOMOTHERAPY; VARIOUS DENSITIES;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

POLYSTYRENE;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOGRAM; LUNG TUMOR; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; TOMOTHERAPY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 65449139869     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3112364     Document Type: Article

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