A treatment planning method to correct dose distributions distorted by setup verification fields

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1319-1328

  Meijer, Gert J ^a   Bruinvis, Iain A D ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Optimization; Portal imaging; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034654425     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00484-8     Document Type: Article

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