Algorithms used in heterogeneous dose calculations show systematic differences as measured with the radiological physics center's anthropomorphic thorax phantom used for RTOG credentialing

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kry, Stephen F ^a   Alvarez, Paola ^a   Molineu, Andrea ^a   Amador, Carrie ^a   Galvin, James ^b   Followill, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; ADVANCED TREATMENT; ANALYTIC ALGORITHM; CALCULATION ACCURACY; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFORMAL THERAPY; CONVOLUTION/SUPERPOSITION; DOSE CALCULATION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO; ORTHOGONAL PLANE; PENCIL BEAM; PLANNING ALGORITHMS; RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUPS; THORAX PHANTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IRRADIATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ALGORITHMS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CREDENTIALING; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORAX;

EID: 84871372061     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.08.039     Document Type: Article

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