Jaws-only IMRT using direct aperture optimization

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 307-314

  Earl, M A ^a   Afghan, M K N ^a   Yu, C X ^a   Jiang, Z ^a   Shepard, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct aperture optimization; IMRT; Inverse treatment planning; Jaws only IMRT

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

DIRECT APERTURE OPTIMIZATIONS; IMRT; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; INVERSE PLANNING; INVERSE TREATMENT; JAWS-ONLY IMRT; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33845958311     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2403966     Document Type: Article

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