CloudMC: A cloud computing application for Monte Carlo simulation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Miras, H ^a   Jimenez R ^b   Miras, C ^b   Goma C ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b RandD Division   (Spain)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICES; COMPUTING APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; PARALLELIZATIONS; VIRTUAL CLUSTERS; VIRTUAL MACHINES;

CLOUD COMPUTING; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; INTERNET; MONTE CARLO METHOD; TIME;

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875966226     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/8/N125     Document Type: Article

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