A dose texture plot in a moving frame as a new planning tool for single-plane implants in HDR brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-103

  Li, S ^a   DeWeese, T ^a   Lee, D J ^a   Kleinberg, L ^a   Wharam, M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose texture plot; HDR brachytherapy; Moving frame; Planning optimization

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-TEXTURE PLOT; HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; ITERATION OPTIMIZATIONS; LOCATION INFORMATION; MOVING FRAME; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

TEXTURES;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HOSPITAL BED; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035141997     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1334607     Document Type: Article

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