Commissioning Monte Carlo algorithm for robotic radiosurgery using cylindrical 3D-array with variable density inserts.

Journal: Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)

Published Date: Jan 1, 2017

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: To commission the Monte Carlo (MC) algorithm based model of CyberKnife robotic stereotactic system (CK) and evaluate the feasibility of patient specific QA using the ArcCHECK cylindrical 3D-array (AC) with Multiplug inserts (MP).

Authors

D Dechambre

Liege University Hospital, Liège, Belgium. Electronic address: ddechambre@chu.ulg.ac.be.
V Baart

Liege University Hospital, Liège, Belgium.
S Cucchiaro

Liege University Hospital, Liège, Belgium.
C Ernst

Liege University Hospital, Liège, Belgium.
N Jansen

Liege University Hospital, Liège, Belgium.
P Berkovic

Liege University Hospital, Liège, Belgium.
C Mievis

Liege University Hospital, Liège, Belgium.
P Coucke

Liege University Hospital, Liège, Belgium.
A Gulyban

Liege University Hospital, Liège, Belgium.

Keywords

Algorithms Feasibility Studies Humans Lung Monte Carlo Method Particle Accelerators Radiosurgery Robotics

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Commissioning Monte Carlo algorithm for robotic radiosurgery using cylindrical 3D-array with variable density inserts.

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