An in-depth Monte Carlo study of lateral electron disequilibrium for small fields in ultra-low density lung: Implications for modern radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1543-1559

  Disher, Brandon ^a,b   Hajdok, George ^a,b   Gaede, Stewart ^a,b   Battista, Jerry J ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HOMOGENEOUS TISSUES; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO CODES; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TISSUE INHOMOGENEITY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84858054164     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/6/1543     Document Type: Article

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