Algorithm and performance of a clinical IMRT beam-angle optimization system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3191-3212

  Djajaputra, David ^a,c   Wu, Qiuwen ^a   Wu, Yan ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

BEAM ANGLES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0141894128     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/19/007     Document Type: Article

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