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Description and dosimetric verification of the PEREGRINE Monte Carlo dose calculation system for photon beams incident on a water phantom

dc.contributor.authorHartmann Siantar, C. L.
dc.contributor.authorWalling, R. S.
dc.contributor.authorDaly, T. P.
dc.contributor.authorFaddegon, B.
dc.contributor.authorAlbright, N.
dc.contributor.authorBergstrom, Paul
dc.contributor.authorBielajew, A. F.
dc.contributor.authorChuang, C.
dc.contributor.authorGarrett, D.
dc.contributor.authorHouse, R. K.
dc.contributor.authorKnapp, D.
dc.contributor.authorWieczorek, D. J.
dc.contributor.authorVerhey, L. J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T20:47:54Z
dc.date.available2017-01-06T20:47:54Z
dc.date.issued2001-07
dc.identifier.citationHartmann Siantar, C. L.; Walling, R. S.; Daly, T. P.; Faddegon, B.; Albright, N.; Bergstrom, Paul; Bielajew, A. F.; Chuang, C.; Garrett, D.; House, R. K.; Knapp, D.; Wieczorek, D. J.; Verhey, L. J. (2001). "Description and dosimetric verification of the PEREGRINE Monte Carlo dose calculation system for photon beams incident on a water phantom." Medical Physics 28(7): 1322-1337.
dc.identifier.issn0094-2405
dc.identifier.issn2473-4209
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/134919
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.publisherAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherX‐rays
dc.subject.otherstatistical analysis
dc.subject.otherRadiation therapy
dc.subject.otherContaminants
dc.subject.otherStatistical analysis
dc.subject.otherPhoton scattering
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherbackscatter
dc.subject.otherDosimetry
dc.subject.otherPhotons
dc.subject.otherElectron sources
dc.subject.otherBackscattering
dc.subject.otherElectron scattering
dc.subject.otherElectron beams
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo
dc.subject.otherradiation therapy
dc.subject.othertreatment planning
dc.subject.otherdose calculation
dc.subject.otherDosimetry/exposure assessment
dc.subject.otherTreatment strategy
dc.subject.otherProbability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics
dc.subject.otherradiation therapy
dc.subject.otherdosimetry
dc.titleDescription and dosimetric verification of the PEREGRINE Monte Carlo dose calculation system for photon beams incident on a water phantom
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMedicine (General)
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan
dc.contributor.affiliationotherLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143‐1708
dc.contributor.affiliationotherLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143‐1708
dc.contributor.affiliationotherLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143‐1708
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/134919/1/mp1551.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1118/1.1381551
dc.identifier.sourceMedical Physics
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