A virtual source model of a kilo-voltage radiotherapy device

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2363-2375

  Nwankwo, O ^a   Clausen, S ^a   Schneider, F ^a   Wenz, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FUNCTIONAL APPROXIMATION; PHOTON ENERGY SPECTRUM; PHOTON INTENSITIES; RELATIVE INTENSITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSIMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MANUFACTURE; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84875345790     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/7/2363     Document Type: Article

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