Optimization of collimator parameters to reduce rectal dose in intensity-modulated prostate treatment planning

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 205-212

  Chapek, Julie ^a   Tobler, Matt ^b   Toy, Beau J ^b   Lee, Christopher M ^b   Leavitt, Dennis D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Collimator parameters; IMRT; Optimization; Prostate radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644486553     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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