Implementing multiple static field delivery for intensity modulated beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2188-2197

  Wu, Y ^a   Yan, D ^a   Sharpe, M B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Leaf sequencing; Optimization; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; IMRT; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY-MODULATED; LEAF SEQUENCING; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

K-MEANS CLUSTERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS;

EID: 0035190543     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1406515     Document Type: Article

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