The generalized equivalent uniform dose function as a basis for intensity-modulated treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 3579-3589

  Choi, Beong ^a   Deasy, Joseph O ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DOSIMETRY; PLANNING; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE FUNCTIONS;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; TARGET ORGAN; THEORY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0037152468     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/20/302     Document Type: Article

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