A novel lateral disequilibrium inclusive (LDI) pencil-beam based dose calculation algorithm: Evaluation in inhomogeneous phantoms and comparison with Monte Carlo calculations

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1627-1634

  Wertz, Hansjoerg ^a   Jahnke, Lennart ^a   Schneider, Frank ^a   Polednik, Martin ^a   Fleckenstein, Jens ^a   Lohr, Frank ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

dose calculation algorithm; dose verification; heterogeneity correction; lateral electronic disequilibrium; pencil beam

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PHANTOMS; TISSUE;

CALCULATION ALGORITHMS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE VERIFICATION; EFFECTIVE PATH LENGTHS; INHOMOGENEOUS PHANTOM; LATERAL ELECTRONIC DISEQUILIBRIUM; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PENCIL BEAM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CORVUS;

EID: 79952179450     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3557952     Document Type: Article

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