A method to improve spatial resolution and smoothness of intensity profiles in IMRT treatment planning

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1339-1347

  Hou, Qing ^a   Zhang, Conghua ^a   Wu, Zhangwen ^a   Chen, Yan ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Multiple shifted beamlet matrices; Optimization; Simulated dynamics algorithm

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

BEAMLETS; CHARACTERISTIC INDICES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTENSITY PROFILES; INVERSE PLANNING METHODS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PAROTID GLAND; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3042607944     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1739299     Document Type: Article

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