Leaf sequencing algorithms for segmented multileaf collimation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-324

  Kamath, Srijit ^a   Sahni, Sartaj ^a   Li, Jonathan ^a   Palta, Jatinder ^a   Ranka, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOSIMETRY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION;

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

MOTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0037423651     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/3/303     Document Type: Article

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