Dosimetry of oblique tangential photon beams calculated by superposition/convolution algorithms: A Monte Carlo evaluation

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-121

  Chow, James C L ^a,b,c   Jiang, Runqing ^d   Leung, Michael K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Grand River Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropic analytical algorithm; Collapsed cone convolution; Dosimetry; Inhomogeneity correction; MC simulation; Surface dose

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951715604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i1.3424     Document Type: Article

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