Monte Carlo dose calculation on deforming anatomy

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-123

  Peterhans, Matthias ^a   Frei, Daniel ^a   Manser, Peter ^a   Aguirre, Mauricio Reyes ^a   Fix, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deformed Voxel Grids; Deforming Anatomy; Monte Carlo Dose Planning; Swiss Monte Carlo Plan

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY SETUP ERRORS;

EID: 79959258329     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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