A novel linear programming approach to fluence map optimization for intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 3521-3542

  Romeijn, H Edwin ^a   Ahuja, Ravindra K ^a   Dempsey, James F ^b   Kumar, Arvind ^a   Li, Jonathan G ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

FLUENCE-MAP OPTIMIZATION (FMO); INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0242606143     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/21/005     Document Type: Article

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