A review on the use of grid-based Boltzmann equation solvers for dose calculation in external photon beam treatment planning.

Deterministic linear Boltzmann transport equation (D-LBTE) solvers have recently been developed, and one of the latest available software codes, Acuros XB, has been implemented in a commercial treatment planning system for radiotherapy photon beam dose calculation. One of the major limitations of mo...

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Publicado en:BioMed Research International Vol. 2013; pp. 692874 - 692875
Autores principales: Kan, Monica W K, Yu, Peter K N, Leung, Lucullus H T
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 2013
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