Adapting inverse planning to patient and organ geometrical variation: Algorithm and implementation

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2822-2831

  Birkner, M ^a   Yan, D ^b   Alber, M ^a   Liang, J ^b   Nusslin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM AND IMPLEMENTATION; GENERAL DESCRIPTION; GEOMETRICAL VARIATIONS; GEOMETRY INFORMATION; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE MEASUREMENTS; NORMAL TISSUE SPARING; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS;

FEEDBACK;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0142057570     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1610751     Document Type: Article

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