An efficient method for small field treatment dose calculation for stereotactic radiosurgery using a LINAC

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 676-682

  Lam, C F ^a   Zhu, J G ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Multi Data Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive sampling; Dose calculation; Optimization

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SPHERES;

ADAPTIVE SAMPLING; AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION; DOSE CALCULATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION VALUES; RANDOM SAMPLING METHOD; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TRIAL-AND-ERROR APPROACH;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031834574     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598251     Document Type: Article

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