Simultaneous optimization of sequential IMRT plans

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3257-3266

  Popple, Richard A ^a,b   Prellop, Perri B ^a   Spencer, Sharon A ^a   De Los Santos, Jennifer F ^a   Duan, Jun ^a   Fiveash, John B ^a   Brezovich, Ivan A ^a  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Optimization; Sequential boost; Simultaneous integrated boost

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PROBLEM ORIENTED LANGUAGES; RADIOTHERAPY;

HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; IMRT; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; SEQUENTIAL BOOST; SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATED BOOSTS; SIMULTANEOUS OPTIMIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 28044468393     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2064849     Document Type: Article

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