Clinical implementation of wedge filter optimization in three- dimensional radiotherapy treatment planning

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-264

  Li, Jonathan G ^a   Boyer, Arthur L ^a   Xing, Lei ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Inverse treatment planning; Optimization; Wedge

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FILTER; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0032761097     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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