Monte carlo dose calculations in the treatment of a pelvis with implant and comparison with pencil-beam calculations

In the present paper, dose distribution calculated with the Monte Carlo code EGS4 and with a pencil-beam algorithm are compared for the treatment of a pelvis with an implant. Overestimations of dose values inside the target volume by the pencil-beam algorithm of up to 10% were found, which are attri...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists 2003, Vol.28 (4), p.229-233
Hauptverfasser:	Laub, Wolfram U., Nüsslin, Fridtjof
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ALGORITHMS Dose calculation Hip Prosthesis Humans IMPLANTS Monte Carlo MONTE CARLO METHOD NEOPLASMS Pelvic Neoplasms - radiotherapy PELVIS Pelvis - diagnostic imaging Pelvis - radiation effects PHOTON BEAMS PROBABILITY Prosthetic hip RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY Radiotherapy Dosage Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy, Conformal Radiotherapy, High-Energy Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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