Evaluation of PENFAST - A fast Monte Carlo code for dose calculations in photon and electron radiotherapy treatment planning

Physica Medica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Habib, B ^a   Poumarede, B ^a   Tola, F ^a   Barthe, J ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Experimental verification; Fast Monte Carlo dose calculation; Inhomogeneous phantoms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 72249115368     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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