Morphology-guided radiosurgery treatment planning and optimization for multiple isocenters

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2151-2160

  Wu, Q Jackie ^a   Bourland, J Daniel ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphology; Optimization; Radiosurgery; Skeletonization; Stereotactic; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; MEDIAL AXIS TRANSFORMATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; SKELETONIZATION; STEREOTACTIC; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION;

MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032724374     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598731     Document Type: Article

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