UNLABELLED The development of advanced radiation treatment techniques such as intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric intensity modulated arc therapy (VMAT) require more accurate dose calculation algorithms within the treatment planning systems (TPS) considering that the human body is composed of tissues of widely differing radiological properties and the characteristics of ...

ID: 17560 Title: Comparison Between the Dose Distributions Calculated for Lung Cancer Patients Using Pencil Beam and Collapsed Cone Convolution Algorithms Comparison Between the Dose Distributions Calculated for Lung Cancer Patients Using Pencil Beam and Collapsed Cone Convolution Algorithms Introduction: The initial patient plans were developed by Novalis’s BrainSCAN treatment planning system ...