Feasibility of a fast inverse dose optimization algorithm for IMRT via matrix inversion without negative beamlet intensities

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3007-3016

  Goldman, S P ^a   Chen, J Z ^a   Battista, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; QUADRATIC OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; WEIGHT CONSTRAINTS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 25644432155     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2030427     Document Type: Article

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