Optimization of intensity-modulated radiation therapy with biological objectives

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 5357-5379

  Olafsson A ^a   Jeraj, R ^b   Wright, S J ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BEAMLET WEIGHTS; EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE (EUD); FLEXIBLE VARIANTS; NEWTON COMPONENTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 27644575675     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/22/010     Document Type: Article

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