Linear algebraic methods applied to intensity modulated radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2587-2606

  Crooks, S M ^a   Xing, L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATRIX ALGEBRA; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION EFFECTS;

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0034762431     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/10/306     Document Type: Article

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