Impact of heterogeneity-based dose calculation using a deterministic grid-based boltzmann equation solver for intracavitary brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Mikell, Justin K ^a,b   Klopp, Ann H ^a   Gonzalez, Graciela M N ^a   Kisling, Kelly D ^a,b   Price, Michael J ^c,e   Berner, Paula A ^a   Eifel, Patricia J ^a   Mourtada, Firas ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HELEN F GRAHAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

192Ir; Brachytherapy; Grid based Boltzmann solver; Intracavitary; TG 43

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN; BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCERS; CLINICAL PARAMETERS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MATERIAL; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRIC IMPACT; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; GRID-BASED; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION; INTRACAVITARY; MANCHESTER; RADIATION UNIT; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOLID MODEL; TASK GROUPS; TG-43; TISSUE HETEROGENEITY; TREATMENT PLANS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; BONE; CLOCKS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IRIDIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAPPING; MUSCLE; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

APPLICATORS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IRIDIUM 192;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GRID BASED BOLTZMANN EQUATION SOLVER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOID; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BONE AND BONES; BRACHYTHERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MUSCLES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861621701     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.12.074     Document Type: Article

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