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Benchmarking of the Dose Planning Method (DPM) Monte Carlo code using electron beams from a racetrack microtron
dc.contributor.authorChetty, Indrin J.
dc.contributor.authorMoran, Jean M.
dc.contributor.authorMcShan, Daniel L.
dc.contributor.authorFraass, Benedick A.
dc.contributor.authorWilderman, Scott J.
dc.contributor.authorBielajew, Alex F.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T20:51:23Z
dc.date.available2017-01-06T20:51:23Z
dc.date.issued2002-06
dc.identifier.citationChetty, Indrin J.; Moran, Jean M.; McShan, Daniel L.; Fraass, Benedick A.; Wilderman, Scott J.; Bielajew, Alex F. (2002). "Benchmarking of the Dose Planning Method (DPM) Monte Carlo code using electron beams from a racetrack microtron." Medical Physics 29(6): 1035-1041.
dc.identifier.issn0094-2405
dc.identifier.issn2473-4209
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/135135
dc.publisherAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherPhysicists
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherion‐chamber measurements
dc.subject.otherDPM
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo
dc.subject.otherracetrack microtron
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherIonization chambers
dc.subject.otherIon beam sources
dc.subject.otherElectron beams
dc.subject.otherelectron beam applications
dc.subject.otherelectron transport theory
dc.subject.othermedical computing
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherradiation therapy
dc.subject.otherdosimetry
dc.subject.otherTreatment strategy
dc.subject.otherDosimetry/exposure assessment
dc.titleBenchmarking of the Dose Planning Method (DPM) Monte Carlo code using electron beams from a racetrack microtron
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMedicine (General)
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.contributor.affiliationumThe University of Michigan, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109‐2104
dc.contributor.affiliationumThe University of Michigan, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109‐0010
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/135135/1/mp1512.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1118/1.1481512
dc.identifier.sourceMedical Physics
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