Intensity-modulation radiotherapy using independent collimators: An algorithm study

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2562-2570

  Dai, Jian Rong ^a   Hu, Yi Min ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Independent collimator; Intensity modulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EFFICIENCY; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

ALGORITHM STUDY; INDEPENDENT COLLIMATOR; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY MATRIXES; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTANGULAR AREA; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY;

MODULATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033407585     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598794     Document Type: Article

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