Sweeping-window arc therapy: An implementation of rotational IMRT with automatic beam-weight calculation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 4317-4336

  Cameron, C ^a  

^a STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

DIRECT APERTURE OPTIMIZATION (DAO); IMRT; OPTIMAL BEAM WEIGHTS; SWEEPING-WINDOW ARC THERAPY (SWAT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; SWEEPING WINDOW ARC THERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 24644463683     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/18/006     Document Type: Article

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