Fast iterative algorithms for three-dimensional inverse treatment planning

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1845-1849

  Xing, L ^a   Hamilton, R J ^b   Spelbring, D ^b   Pelizzari, C A ^b   Chen, G T Y ^b   Boyer, A L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulation; Inverse problem; Iterative method; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

INTENSITY MODULATIONS; ISODOSE DISTRIBUTION; ITERATION PROCEDURE; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; ITERATIVE LEAST SQUARES; ITERATIVE TECHNIQUE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031732963     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598374     Document Type: Article

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