Real-time 3D dose calculation and display: A tool for plan optimization

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 159-165

  Matthews, John W ^a,b   Rosenberger, Fred U ^b   Bosch, Walter R ^a   Harms, William B ^a   Purdy, James A ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D treatment planning; Optimization; Parallel processing; Real time; Shared memory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0029813390     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00282-9     Document Type: Article

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