A feasibility study of automated inverse treatment planning for cancer of the prostate

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 207-214

  Reinstein, Lawrence E ^a   Wang, Xiao Hong ^a   Burman, Chandra M ^c   Chen, Zhe ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^c   Kutcher, Gerald ^c   Leibel, Steven A ^b   Fuks, Zvi ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

3D RTP; Conformal radiotherapy; IMRT; Intensity modulation; Inverse treatment planning; Optimization; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0031974379     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00582-8     Document Type: Article

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