Monte Carlo-based analytical model for small and variable fields delivered by TomoTherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-234

  Sterpin, Edmond ^a,c   Hundertmark, Brian T ^c   Mackie, Thomas R ^b,c   Lu, Weiguo ^b   Olivera, Gustavo H ^b,c   Vynckier, Stefaan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Small fields; TomoTherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; JAW; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOMOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77249093059     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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