Optimizing the movement of a single absorber for 1D non-uniform dose delivery by (fast) simulated annealing

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-121

  Cattaneo, Giovanni Mauro ^a   Fiorino, Claudio ^a   Lombardi, Paola ^a   Calandrino, Riccardo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031029042     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/1/007     Document Type: Article

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