Dose optimization via index-dose gradient minimization

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1130-1146

  Chang, Sha X ^a   Cullip, Timothy J ^a   Rosenman, Julian G ^a   Halvorsen, Per H ^a   Tepper, Joel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose gradient; Dose optimization; Index dose; Intensity modulation; Mixed beam optimization

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; EFFICIENCY; GRAPHIC METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MODULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

DOSE GRADIENTS; DOSE OPTIMIZATION; INDEX DOSE; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; MIXED BEAMS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TONSIL TUMOR;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035990023     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1478560     Document Type: Article

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