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Integration of a dose-voxel kernel (DVK) convolution method for voxel-based dosimetry in Particle and Heavy Ion

Shalaine Sana Tatu1,2, Tatsuhiko Sato3,4, Takuya Furuta3

  • 1School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Selangor 47500, Malaysia.

Physics in Medicine and Biology
|July 22, 2026
PubMed
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Keywords:
90Y radioembolizationPHITSconvolutiondose-voxel kernelvoxel-based dosimetry

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