Use of the FLUKA Monte Carlo code for 3D patient-specific dosimetry on PET-CT and SPECT-CT images

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 8099-8120

  Botta, F ^a   Mairani, A ^b   Hobbs, R F ^c   Vergara Gil, A ^d   Pacilio, M ^e   Parodi, K ^f   Cremonesi, M ^a   Pérez, M A Coca ^g   Di Dia, A ^a   Ferrari, M ^a   Guerriero, F ^a   Battistoni, G ^h   Pedroli, G ^a   Paganelli, G ^a   Aroche, L A Torres ^g   Sgouros, G ^c  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SSDL Center for Radiation Protection and Hygiene   (Cuba)

^e SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g Center for Clinical Researches   (Cuba)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVOLUTION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATIENT TREATMENT; SOFTWARE TESTING; TOOLS;

ACCURATE CALCULATIONS; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; DIRECT MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; KERNEL CONVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO CODES; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SIMULATION ALGORITHMS; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AIR; BONE AND BONES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 84896503871     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/22/8099     Document Type: Article

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