A variable fluence step clustering and segmentation algorithm for step and shoot IMRT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1997-2007

  Bar W ^a   Alber, M ^a   Nusslin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INTEGRATION; OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034919105     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/7/319     Document Type: Article

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