Inclusion of organ deformation in dose calculations

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 290-295

  Brock, K K ^a   McShan, D L ^a   Ten Haken, R K ^a   Hollister, S J ^a   Dawson, L A ^a   Balter, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose calculations; Mechanical modeling; Organ deformation; Organ motion

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; RIGID STRUCTURES; TUMORS;

BREATHING PATTERNS; DOSE CALCULATION; INTERMEDIATE PHASE; MECHANICAL MODEL; ORGAN DEFORMATION; ORGAN MOTION; RIGID-BODY MOTION; TETRAHEDRAL FINITE ELEMENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LIVER; MODEL; MOTION; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037342615     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1539039     Document Type: Article

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