A finite size pencil beam for IMRT dose optimization

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1747-1766

  Jelen U ^a,b   Sohn M ^b   Alber, M ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DOSE OPTIMIZATION; FINITE SIZE PENCIL BEAM (FSPB) ALGORITHM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT); PENUMBRA MODEL;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 22844434023     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/8/009     Document Type: Article

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