Monte Carlo calculation of imaging doses from diagnostic multidetector CT and kilovoltage cone-beam CT as part of prostate cancer treatment plans

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6199-6204

  Ding, Aiping ^a   Gu, Jianwei ^a   Trofimov, Alexei V ^b   Xu, X George ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; DVH; imaging dose; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; UROLOGY;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; IMAGING DOSE; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; THERAPEUTIC BEAMS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650133029     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3512791     Document Type: Article

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