Beam configurations for 3D tomographic intensity modulated radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 765-787

  Levine, Robert Y ^a   Braunstein, Matthew ^a  

^a SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LIGHT; LIGHT MODULATION; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

OPTIMUM BEAM NUMBERS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SAMPLING; THEORY; THREE DIMENSIONAL TOMOGRAPHIC INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; X-RAYS;

EID: 0037034576     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/5/306     Document Type: Article

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