Monte Carlo based, patient-specific RapidArc QA using Linac log files

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-123

  Teke, Tony ^a   Bergman, Alanah M ^b   Kwa, William ^b   Gill, Bradford ^b   Duzenli, Cheryl ^b   Popescu, I Antoniu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Log file based Monte Carlo simulation; RapidArc delivery accuracy; RapidArc quality assurance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; LOG FILE; MACHINE PERFORMANCE; MEAN STANDARD DEVIATION; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; RAPIDARC; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 73649101296     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3266821     Document Type: Article

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