The evolution of brachytherapy treatment planning

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2136-2153

  Rivard, Mark J ^a   Venselaar, Jack L M ^b   Beaulieu, Luc ^c,d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Instituut Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d D partement de Physique   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TABLE LOOKUP;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; MATERIAL HETEROGENEITY; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TREATMENT MODALITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ONCOLOGY;

WATER;

ALGORITHM; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 66449131989     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3125136     Document Type: Review

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