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An anatomically realistic lung model for Monte Carlo‐based dose calculations
dc.contributor.authorLiang, Liang
dc.contributor.authorLarsen, Edward W.
dc.contributor.authorChetty, Indrin J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T20:47:47Z
dc.date.available2017-01-06T20:47:47Z
dc.date.issued2007-03
dc.identifier.citationLiang, Liang; Larsen, Edward W.; Chetty, Indrin J. (2007). "An anatomically realistic lung model for Monte Carlo‐based dose calculations." Medical Physics 34(3): 1013-1025.
dc.identifier.issn0094-2405
dc.identifier.issn2473-4209
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/134911
dc.publisherAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherlung model
dc.subject.otherdosimetry
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo
dc.subject.otherinhomogeneity correction
dc.subject.otherLungs
dc.subject.otherField size
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherPhotons
dc.subject.otherVascular system
dc.subject.otherTissues
dc.subject.otherDosimetry
dc.subject.otherComputed tomography
dc.subject.otherMedical treatment planning
dc.subject.otherElectronic transport
dc.subject.otherdosimetry
dc.subject.otherTreatment strategy
dc.subject.otherDiseases
dc.subject.otherComputed radiography
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherRadiation therapy equipment
dc.subject.otherlung
dc.subject.othertumours
dc.subject.othercancer
dc.subject.othercomputerised tomography
dc.titleAn anatomically realistic lung model for Monte Carlo‐based dose calculations
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMedicine (General)
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109‐2104
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198‐7521
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/134911/1/mp7284.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1118/1.2437284
dc.identifier.sourceMedical Physics
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