Application of coloring theory to reduce intensity modulated radiotherapy dose calculations

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2077-2083

  Langer, Mark ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose calculations; Group theory; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Optimization; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COLORING; GROUP THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTATIONAL GAINS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; DOSE CALCULATION; INTENSITY MAPS; INTENSITY PROFILES; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; TRANSFORMATION OF COORDINATES;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; THEORY;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0033795828     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1289257     Document Type: Article

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