A method for physically based radiotherapy optimization with intelligent tissue weight determination

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-37

  Jones, Lois ^a   Hoban, Peter ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

IMRT; Optimization; Tissue importance weights

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

BEAM INTENSITY PROFILE; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; IMPORTANCE WEIGHTS; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; WEIGHT DETERMINATION;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; WEIGHT;

EID: 0036147630     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1428756     Document Type: Article

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