Evaluation of pencil beam convolution and anisotropic analytical algorithms in stereotactic lung irradiation

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 234-238

  Herman, Tania De La Fuente ^a   Hibbitts, Kerry ^a   Herman, Terence ^a   Ahmad, Salahuddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic analytical algorithm; dose calculation algorithm; lung cancer; pencil beam convolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPIC ANALYTICAL ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PENCIL BEAM CONVOLUTION; PHOTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 82555195582     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: 19983913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.89974     Document Type: Article

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