Electron irradiation of conjunctival lymphoma - Monte Carlo simulation of the minute dose distribution and technique optimization

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1330-1337

  Brualla, Lorenzo ^a   Zaragoza, Francisco J ^b   Sempau, Josep ^b   Wittig, Andrea ^c   Sauerwein, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrons; Linac; Penelope; Small fields

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; BULBAR CONJUNCTIVA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; COMPUTING CLUSTERS; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; CYLINDRICAL HOLES; CYLINDRICAL ROD; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; ELECTRON BEAM ENERGY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN EYE; LINAC; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCULAR TISSUE; PENELOPE; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; SIMULATED RESULTS; SMALL FIELDS; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; TARGET VOLUMES;

CLUSTER COMPUTING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRONS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVAL LYMPHOMA; CORNEA; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; EYE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND; LENS; LYMPHOMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETINA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGANS AT RISK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED;

EID: 84862690058     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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