Development of a new multi-modal Monte-Carlo radiotherapy planning system

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 7-8 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Kumada, H ^a,b   Nakamura, T ^a,c   Komeda, M ^a   Matsumura, A ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BNCT; Computational dosimetry; JRR 4; Monte Carlo; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BNCT; COMPUTATIONAL DOSIMETRY; JRR-4; MONTE-CARLO; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSPORT KINETICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; WATER;

EID: 67649414960     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.028     Document Type: Article

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