Dose-volume histograms computation comparisons using conventional methods and optimized fast Fourier transforms algorithms for brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2343-2356

  Kemmerer, T ^a   Lahanas, M ^a   Baltas, D ^a   Zamboglou, N ^a  

^a Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Convolution; Dose distributions; Dose volume histograms; Fast Fourier Transformation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONVOLUTION; GRAPHIC METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CONVOLUTION THEOREMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HISTOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0033752669     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1312810     Document Type: Article

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