An algorithm for systematic selection of beam directions for IMRT

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 376-388

  Gaede, S ^a,b   Wong, E ^a,b   Rasmussen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam direction optimization; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Inverse treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BEAM DIRECTION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INVERSE TREATMENT; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION VALUES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; RELATIVE WEIGHTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1242338923     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1636572     Document Type: Article

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