Independent calculation-based verification of IMRT plans using a 3D dose-calculation engine

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 376-384

  Arumugam, Sankar ^a,b   Xing, Aitang ^a,b   Goozee, Gary ^a,b,c   Holloway, Lois ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Ingham Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dose calculation algorithms; IMRT; Independent calculation; Treatment planning system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DOSE-CALCULATION ALGORITHMS; IMRT; INDEPENDENT CALCULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84887099846     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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