Optimization of intensity modulated beams with volume constraints using two methods: Cost function minimization and projections onto convex sets

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 435-443

  Cho, Paul S ^a   Lee, Shinhak ^b   Marks II, Robert J ^c   Oh, Seho ^d   Sutlief, Steve G ^a   Phillips, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d NeoPath Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam intensity modulation; Convex set; Cost function; Dose volume constraint; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SET THEORY; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

BEAM INTENSITY; CONVEX SET; DOSE-VOLUME; FAST SIMULATED ANNEALING; INTENSITY-MODULATED; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION PROGRAMS; PROJECTIONS ONTO CONVEX SETS;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TARGET ORGAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031967470     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598218     Document Type: Article

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