Use of the Cimmino algorithm and continuous approximation for the dose deposition kernel in the inverse problem of radiation treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2539-2554

  Kolmonen, Pekka ^a   Tervo, Jouko ^a   Lahtinen, Tapani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031711210     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/9/008     Document Type: Article

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