Direct aperture optimization: A turnkey solution for step-and-shoot IMRT

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1007-1018

  Shepard, D M ^a   Earl, M A ^a   Li, X A ^a   Naqvi, S ^a   Yu, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Intensity modulation; Inverse treatment planning; Optimization

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

AUTOMATED PLANNING SYSTEMS; DIRECT APERTURE OPTIMIZATIONS; IMRT; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INVERSE TREATMENT; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0035989958     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1477415     Document Type: Article

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