Direct aperture optimization for a variable aperture collimator for intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

FLUENCE; VARIABLE APERTURE COLLIMATORS;

MEDICINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 1542715776     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/5/N02     Document Type: Article

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