Iterative approaches to dose optimization in tomotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-90

  Shepard, D M ^a,b   Olivera, G H ^a   Reckwerdt, P J ^a   Mackie, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033970872     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/1/306     Document Type: Article

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