A fast dose calculation method based on table lookup for IMRT optimization

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Wu, Qiuwen ^a   Djajaputra, David ^a   Lauterbach, Marc ^b   Wu, Yan ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MRC SYSTEMS GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TABLE LOOKUP;

INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 0037484091     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/12/401     Document Type: Article

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