Inverse planning for photon and proton beams

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-124

  Oelfke, U ^a   Bortfeld, T ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intensity modulation; Inverse planning; Proton therapy; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INVERSE PLANNING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTON; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNIQUE; THEORY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

MATHEMATICS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0035013489     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(01)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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