Dose calculation differences between monte carlo and pencil beam depend on the tumor locations and volumes for lung stereotactic body radiation therapy

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 38-51

  Zhuang, Tingliang ^a   Djemil, Toufik ^a   Qi, Peng ^a   Magnelli, Anthony ^a   Stephans, Kevin ^a   Videtic, Gregory ^a   Xia, Ping ^a  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Lung SBRT; Monte carlo; Pencil beam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874951739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v14i2.4011     Document Type: Article

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