Theoretical considerations of monitor unit calculations for intensity modulated beam treatment planning

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-195

  Boyer, A ^a   Xing, L ^a   Ma, C M ^a   Curran, B ^b   Hill, R ^b   Kania, A ^b   Bleier, A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NOMOS Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Photon beam dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTER CALCULATION; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MODELING AND MEASUREMENT; MONITOR UNIT CALCULATIONS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PHOTON BEAMS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PHYSICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032915989     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598502     Document Type: Article

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