Development in a windows environment of a radiation treatment planning system for personal computers

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-272

  Cotrutz, C ^a   Kappas, C ^b   Theodorakos, Y ^b   Makris, C ^b   Mohan, R ^c  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Personal computer; Radiation treatment planning system; Radiological pathlength model; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; MICROCOMPUTER; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MICROCOMPUTERS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0032104663     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(98)00029-7     Document Type: Article

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