Sensitivity of low energy brachytherapy Monte Carlo dose calculations to uncertainties in human tissue composition

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5188-5198

  Landry, Guillaume ^a   Reniers, Brigitte ^a   Murrer, Lars ^a   Lutgens, Ludy ^a   Bloemen Van Gurp, Esther ^a   Pignol, Jean Philippe ^b   Keller, Brian ^b   Beaulieu, Luc ^c,d   Verhaegen, Frank ^a,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; dose calculation; Monte Carlo; seed implants; tissue composition

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HISTOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UROLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPOSITION VARIATION; DOSE CALCULATION; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; SEED IMPLANTS; TISSUE COMPOSITION;

TISSUE;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 77957703579     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3477161     Document Type: Article

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