Evaluation of optimized compensators on a 3D planning system

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1837-1844

  Basran, P S ^a   Ansbacher, W ^a,b   Field, G C ^a   Murray, B R ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Vancouver Island Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensators; Optimization; Photon dose calculation; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning systems

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

COMPENSATORS; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; DOSE CALCULATION; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPENSATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031762874     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598369     Document Type: Article

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