Simulations for inverse radiation therapy treatment planning using a dynamic MLC algorithm

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 925-942

  Boman, Eeva ^a   Lyyra Laitinen, T ^a,b   Kolmonen, P ^a   Jaatinen, K ^a   Tervo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING;

MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS (MLC);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; SIMULATION; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037425149     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/7/309     Document Type: Article

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