Treatment planning optimization by quasi-Newton and simulated annealing methods for gamma unit treatment system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2795-2805

  Shu, H Z ^a   Yan, Y L ^a   Bao, X D ^a   Fu, Y ^a   Luo, L M ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; SIMULATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GAMMA RAYS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0031688906     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/10/009     Document Type: Article

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