Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 97-102 , April 2011

Dose calculation algorithm of fast fine-heterogeneity correction for heavy charged particle radiotherapy

  • Nobuyuki Kanematsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Accelerator and Medical Physics, Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
    • Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

Received 28 December 2009 ,Revised 28 April 2010 ,Accepted 6 May 2010.

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PII: S1120-1797(10)00027-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2010.05.001

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 97-102 , April 2011

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