Linking computer-aided design (CAD) to Geant4-based Monte Carlo simulations for precise implementation of complex treatment head geometries

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Constantin, Magdalena ^a   Constantin, Dragos E ^a,b   Keall, Paul J ^a   Narula, Anisha ^c   Svatos, Michelle ^c   Perl, Joseph ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM TRANSPORT; CAD DRAWINGS; DOSE DEPOSITION; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; HEAD GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RADIATION THERAPY; SIMULATION TOOLKITS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77950564187     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/8/N03     Document Type: Article

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