A GPU-based finite-size pencil beam algorithm with 3D-density correction for radiotherapy dose calculation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3337-3350

  Gu, Xuejun ^a   Jelen, Urszula ^b   Li, Jinsheng ^c   Jia, Xun ^a   Jiang, Steve B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; DENSITY CORRECTION; DOSE CALCULATION; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; INTRINSIC FUNCTIONS; MEMORY ACCESS; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; PENCIL BEAM; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; RE-PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS; ULTRA-FAST;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79956068325     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/11/010     Document Type: Article

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