The method of intercepts in parameter space for the analysis of local minima caused by dose-volume constraints

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Wu, Chuan ^a   Jeraj, Robert ^b,c,d   Mackie, Thomas R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH; SAMPLING;

HISTOGRAMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; MODEL; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037833696     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/11/402     Document Type: Article

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