An adaptive control algorithm for optimization of intensity modulated radiotherapy considering uncertainties in beam profiles, patient set-up and internal organ motion

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1605-1628

  Löf, Johan ^a   Lind, Bengt K ^a   Brahme, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; NEOPLASMS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 2642683174     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/6/018     Document Type: Article

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