Inverse planning with constraints to generate smoothed intensity- modulated beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2785-2794

  Webb, S ^a   Convery, D J ^a   Evans, P M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0031695241     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/10/008     Document Type: Article

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