MedLinac2: A GEANT4 based software package for radiotherapy

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-177

  Caccia, Barbara ^a   Andenna, Claudio ^b   Cirrone, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer assisted radiotherapy; Computer simulation; Distributed system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77955592418     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN-10-02-11     Document Type: Article

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