A conceptual model integrating spatial information to assess target volume coverage for IMRT treatment planning

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1438-1449

  Chao, K S Clifford ^a   Blanco, Angel I ^b   Dempsey, James F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Optimization; Scoring function; Treatment Plan Evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT);

TUMORS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; OBSERVATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR;

EID: 0038503571     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00429-2     Document Type: Article

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