Validation of intensity modulation on a commercial treatment planning system

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 925-936

  Martin, E ^a   Hachem, A ^a   Marcie S ^b   Herault J ^b   Costa, A ^b   Bensadoun, R J ^b   Lagrange, J L ^b  

^a LPES CRESA   (France)

^b CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; PHANTOMS;

FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MODULATED BEAMS; MODULATED FIELD; NONOPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MODULATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038247948     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1568981     Document Type: Article

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