Variations of lung density and geometry on inhomogeneity correction algorithms: A Monte Carlo dosimetric evaluation

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3619-3630

  Chow, James C L ^a   Leung, Michael K K ^b   Van Dyk, Jake ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Dosimetry; Inhomogeneity correction; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVOLUTION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

CENTRAL BEAM AXIS; COLLAPSED CONES; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DEVIATIONS; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; LUNG DENSITIES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; SIMULATION;

EID: 68149099888     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3168966     Document Type: Article

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