A fast analytic dose calculation method for arc treatments for kilovoltage small animal irradiators

Physica Medica

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 426-435

  Marco Rius, I ^a   Wack, L ^a   Tsiamas, P ^a   Tryggestad, E ^b   Berbeco, R ^a   Hesser, J ^c   Zygmanski, P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Kilovoltage beam model; Small animal irradiator

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; PHANTOM; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

DOSE CALCULATION; KILOVOLTAGE BEAM MODEL; SMALL ANIMAL IRRADIATOR;

ANIMALS; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881666437     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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