Dosimetric verification of a commercial Monte Carlo treatment planning system (VMC++) for a 9 MeV electron beam

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1759-1767

  Schiapparelli, P ^a   Zefiro, D ^a   Taccini, G ^a  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron therapy; Gamma index; Monte Carlo; Treatment verification; VMC++

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; GAMMA INDICES; LOW-DENSITY MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; PLANE PARALLEL IONIZATION CHAMBER; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

PHANTOMS;

CHROMIUM 51; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; EXPERIMENT; FILM DOSIMETER; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; PMMA PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; SIMULATION; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WATER PHANTOM;

EID: 65449173530     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3115706     Document Type: Article

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