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Shortening the calculation time of photon dose distributions in an inhomogeneous medium
Author(s) -
Boyer Arthur L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.595526
Subject(s) - photon , dosimetry , fluence , physics , radiation , computational physics , statistical physics , optics , nuclear physics , nuclear medicine , irradiation , medicine
A procedure is described for calculating photon dose distributions using convolutions of radiation interaction kernels with calculated fluence distributions. The advantages and disadvantages of the concept are discussed.