Validation of GPU based TomoTherapy dose calculation engine

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1877-1886

  Chen, Quan ^a   Lu, Weiguo ^b   Chen, Yu ^c   Chen, Mingli ^c   Henderson, Douglas ^c   Sterpin, Edmond ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^c TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

convolution superposition; GPU; TomoTherapy; verification

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; ENGINES; PHANTOMS; PIXELS; RADIOTHERAPY; VERIFICATION;

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; ACCURACY EVALUATION; CONVOLUTION/SUPERPOSITION; DOSE VERIFICATION; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT(GPU); HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; TOMOTHERAPY;

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT;

EID: 84861628289     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3693057     Document Type: Article

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