Constrained segment shapes in direct-aperture optimization for step-and-shoot IMRT

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 944-958

  Bedford, James L ^a   Webb, Steve ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IMRT; Optimization; Radiotherapy; Segmental; Step and shoot; Treatment plan

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

DIRECT APERTURE OPTIMIZATIONS; FEEDBACK OPTIMIZATION; IMRT; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; SEGMENTAL; STEP-AND-SHOOT; TREATMENT PLANS;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33645524167     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2163832     Document Type: Article

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