Intensity modulation optimization, lateral transport of radiation, and margins

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2011-2021

  Mohan, Radhe ^a,b   Wu, Qiuwen ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^a   Stein, Jörg ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

intensity modulation; lateral transport of radiation; margins; three dimensional conformal radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; RADIATION; TISSUE;

ANATOMIC STRUCTURES; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; LATERAL TRANSPORT; MARGINS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY;

MODULATION;

ARTICLE; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0030442573     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597848     Document Type: Article

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