A computer simulated phantom study of tomotherapy dose optimization based on probability density functions (PDF) and potential errors caused by low reproducibility of PDF

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3321-3326

  Sheng, Ke ^a   Cai, Jing ^a   Brookeman, James ^a   Molloy, Janelle ^a,b   Christopher, John ^a   Read, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DOSIMETRY; ERRORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

DOSE OPTIMIZATION; DOSIMETRIC ERRORS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; PDF-BASED TREATMENT PLANNING; POTENTIAL ERRORS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); REPRODUCIBILITIES; SIMULATED PHANTOM;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 33748328342     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2222331     Document Type: Article

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