Dose to medium versus dose to water as an estimator of dose to sensitive skeletal tissue

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4535-4546

  Walters, B R B ^a   Kramer, R ^b   Kawrakow, I ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DOSE UNCERTAINTIES; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; SKELETAL TISSUES; TRABECULAR BONES; TREATMENT PLANS;

TISSUE;

WATER;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE MARROW; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WATER;

EID: 78149306961     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/16/S08     Document Type: Article

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