Determination of beam intensity in a single step for IMRT inverse planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-306

  Chuang, Keh Shih ^a   Chen, Tzong Jer ^a   Kuo, Shan Chi ^a,b   Jan, Meei Ling ^a   Hwang, Ing Ming ^a,c   Chen, Sharon ^a   Lin, Ying Chuan ^a,d   Wu, Jay ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chung Shan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; TUMORS;

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037423536     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/3/302     Document Type: Article

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