3D conformal intensity-modulated radiotherapy planning: Interactive optimization by constrained matrix inversion

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-76

  De Wagter, Carlos ^a   Colle, Christophe O ^a   Fortan, Ludwig G ^a   Van Duyse, Bart B ^a   Van Den Berge, Dirk L ^b   De Neve, Wilfried J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Intensity modulation; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATHEMATICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031981667     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00230-2     Document Type: Article

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