An optimal algorithm for configuring delivery options of a one-dimensional intensity-modulated beam

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2321-2338

  Luan, Shuang Sean ^a   Chen, Danny Z ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Wu, Xiaodong ^b   Yu, Cedric X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOSIMETRY; PARTICLE BEAMS;

INTENSITY MODULATED BEAMS (IMB);

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION PHYSICS; RANDOMIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0042977324     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/15/306     Document Type: Article

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