Influence of electron density spatial distribution and X-ray beam quality during CT simulation on dose calculation accuracy

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 80-89

  Nobah, Ahmad ^a   Moftah, Belal ^a   Tomic, Nada ^b   Devic, Slobodan ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity corrections; Monte Carlo dose calculations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052179934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i3.3432     Document Type: Article

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