Verification of IMRT dose calculations using AAA and PBC algorithms in dose buildup regions

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 105-121

  Oinam, Arun S ^a   Singh, Lakhwant ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anisotropic analytical algorithm (AAA); Dose calculation; High dose buildup region; IMRT; Low dose buildup region; Pencil beam convolution algorithm (PBC; TLD

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650043992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v11i4.3351     Document Type: Article

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