Recent developments in radiation therapy planning and treatment optimization

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 53-66

  Brahme, A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Molecular biology of therapy optimization; Radiobiological therapy planning; Radiotherapy optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CLONOGENIC TUMOR CELLS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONUNIFORM DOSE DELIVERY; NONUNIFORM RADIATION BEAMS; RADIOBIOLOGICAL THERAPY PLANNING; RADIOTHERAPY OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL TUMOR DIAGNOSTICS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030153342     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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