Simultaneous optimization of beam orientations, wedge filters and field weights for inverse planning with anatomy-based MLC fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1546-1557

  Beaulieu, Frédéric ^a   Beaulieu, Luc ^a,b   Tremblay, Daniel ^b   Roy, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aperture based IMRT; Beam orientation; Beam weight; Inverse planning; Optimization; Wedge filter

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

APERTURE-BASED IMRT; BEAM ORIENTATION; BEAM WEIGHT; INVERSE PLANNING; WEDGE FILTER;

HIP PROSTHESES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FILTER; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION PROTECTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEDGE FILTER;

EID: 3042691763     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1755492     Document Type: Article

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