Articles with "lead cutouts" as a keyword



Photo by glenncarstenspeters from unsplash

Clinical treatment planning for kilovoltage radiotherapy using EGSnrc and Python

Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!
Published in 2022 at "Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics"

DOI: 10.1002/acm2.13832

Abstract: Abstract Kilovoltage radiotherapy dose calculations are generally performed with manual point dose calculations based on water dosimetry. Tissue heterogeneities, irregular surfaces, and introduction of lead cutouts for treatment are either not taken into account or… read more here.

Keywords: treatment planning; lead cutouts; kilovoltage radiotherapy; kilovoltage ... See more keywords