An optimized leaf-setting algorithm for beam intensity modulation using dynamic multileaf collimators

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1629-1643

  Ma, Lijun ^a,b   Boyer, Arthur L ^a   Xing, L ^a   Ma, C M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TARGET ORGAN;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 0031834130     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/6/019     Document Type: Article

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