A gradient inverse planning algorithm with dose-volume constraints

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-333

  Spirou, Spiridon V ^a   Chui, Chen Shou ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose volume constraints; Intensity modulation; Optimization; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED; INVERSE PLANNING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031895424     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598202     Document Type: Review

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