A geometry based optimization algorithm for conformal external beam radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1825-1841

  Schreibmann, Eduard ^a,b   Lahanas, Michael ^a   Uricchio, Rosa ^a   Theodorou, Kiki ^d   Kappas, Constantin ^d   Baltas, Dimos ^a,c  

^a Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; TUMORS;

COLLIMATORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HEAD TUMOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0037484095     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/12/311     Document Type: Article

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