On the conversion of dose to bone to dose to water in radiotherapy treatment planning systems
Background and purpose: Conversion factors between dose to medium (Dm,m) and dose to water (Dw,w) provided by treatment planning systems that model the patient as water with variable electron density are currently based on stopping power ratios. In the current paper it will be illustrated that this...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405631617300404 |