Motion-encoded dose calculation through fluence/sinogram modification

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 118-127

  Lu, Weiguo ^a   Olivera, Gustavo H ^a,b   Mackie, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Fluence modification; Motion

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; PHANTOMS; RANDOM ERRORS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

DOSE CALCULATION; FLUENCES; MATERIAL HETEROGENEITY; MOTION; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUENCE MODIFICATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 12844269781     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1829402     Document Type: Article

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