Monte Carlo dose calculation for radiotherapy treatment planning: Dose to water or dose to medium?

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 326-329

  Ma, C M ^a   Li, J S ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Monte Carlo; Radiation therapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL PHYSICS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BIOLOGICAL MEDIA; DOSE CALCULATION; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 77950450828     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03474-9_92     Document Type: Conference Paper

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