OC-0082: Collapsed Cone superposition algorithm for the dose calculation in brachytherapy using optimal kernel sizes
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Optimization of the computational efficiency of a 3D, collapsed cone dose calculation algorithm for brachytherapy.
Brachytherapy dose calculations based on point kernel superposition using the collapsed cone method have been shown to accurately model the influence from finite dimensions of the patient and effects from heterogeneities including those of high atomic numbers. The collapsed cone method is for brachytherapy applications most effectively implemented through a successive-scattering approach, in wh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiotherapy and Oncology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0167-8140
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)32388-4