Dosimetric evaluation of Acuros XB Advanced Dose Calculation algorithm in heterogeneous media

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Fogliata, Antonella ^a   Nicolini, Giorgia ^a   Clivio, Alessandro ^a   Vanetti, Eugenio ^a   Cozzi, Luca ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AAA; Acuros; Dose calculation algorithm; Inhomogeneity; VMC++

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ANISOTROPIC ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; CARTILAGE; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANISOTROPY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

WATER;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

EID: 79960554736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-6-82     Document Type: Article

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