A new MLC segmentation algorithm/software for step-and-shoot IMRT delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 695-707

  Luan, Shuang ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Chen, Danny Z ^a   Hu, Xiaobo S ^a   Naqvi, Shahid A ^b   Yu, Cedric X ^b   Lee, Chad L ^c  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; IMRT; Leaf sequencing; MLC segmentation algorithm

Indexed keywords

FLOW GRAPHS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ALGORITHMIC TECHNIQUES; CONFORMAL THERAPY; IMRT; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; LEAF SEQUENCING; MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SHORTEST PATH ALGORITHMS;

GRAPH ALGORITHMS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; FILM; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1942516859     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1646471     Document Type: Article

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