Beyond bixels: Generalizing the optimization parameters for intensity modulated radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2298-2304

  Markman, Jerry ^a   Low, Daniel A ^a   Beavis, Andrew W ^a   Deasy, Joseph O ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dose distribution optimization; Intensity modulated radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTATION INTENSIVES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERPOLATION ALGORITHMS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION PARAMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PAROTID GLAND; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036800113     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1508799     Document Type: Article

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