Leaf position optimization for step-and-shoot IMRT

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1371-1388

  De Gersem, Werner ^a   Claus, Filip ^a   De Wagter, Carlos ^a   Van Duyse, Bart ^a   De Neve, Wilfried ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Leaf position optimization; Segmental IMRT; Step and shoot

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TUMORS;

INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MODULATION; NECK; NETHERLANDS; PAROTID GLAND; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SPINAL CORD; TARGET ORGAN; THEORETICAL STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0035577149     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02607-4     Document Type: Article

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