Iterative methods for inverse treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2107-2123

  Xing, Lei ^a   Chen, George T Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0029780422     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/10/018     Document Type: Article

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