Optimization of beam orientations and weights for coplanar conformal beams in treating pancreatic cancer

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 265-271

  Steadham, A M ^a   Liu, H H ^a   Crane, C H ^b   Janjan, N A ^b   Rosen, I I ^a  

^a Imaging Physics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Dose optimization; Pancreatic cancer; Simulated annealing; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INJURY; STOMACH VOLUME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032761393     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(99)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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