Brachytherapy dose-volume histogram computations using optimized stratified sampling methods

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 424-432

  Karouzakis, K ^a,b   Lahanas, M ^a   Milickovic, N ^a   Giannouli, S ^a,b   Baltas, D ^a,b   Zamboglou, N ^a,b  

^a Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Brachytherapy; COIN; Dose volume histograms; Stratified sampling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; ONCOLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COIN; DISTRIBUTED SAMPLINGS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PRE-PROCESSING STEP; STRATIFIED SAMPLING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DENSITY; DOSE CALCULATION; HISTOGRAM; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SAMPLING;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0036127020     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1450131     Document Type: Article

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