Stereotactic, single-dose irradiation of lung tumors: A comparison of absolute dose and dose distribution between pencil beam and monte carlo algorithms based on actual patient ct scans

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 955-963

  Chen, Huixiao ^a   Lohr, Frank ^b   Fritz, Peter ^c   Wenz, Frederik ^b   Dobler, Barbara ^b,d   Lorenz, Friedlieb ^b   Mühlnickel, Werner ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c St Mary's Hospital Siegen   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung tumor; Monte Carlo; Pencil beam; Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TREATMENTS; CT SCAN; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME PARAMETERS; EASTMAN KODAK; FILM MEASUREMENT; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LOCATION DEPENDENTS; LUNG LESIONS; LUNG TISSUE; LUNG TUMOR; LUNG VOLUME; MEAN DOSE; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; PENCIL BEAM; PLANNING SYSTEMS; SINGLE-DOSE; SMALL LESIONS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY; STOCKHOLM , SWEDEN; THORAX PHANTOM; TISSUE HETEROGENEITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS; TUMOR SIZE; VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 77957190458     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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