Direct-aperture optimization applied to selection of beam orientations in intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 479-498

  Bedford, J L ^a   Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE BEAMS;

BEAM ORIENTATIONS; DIRECT APERTURE OPTIMIZATION; FILTERED BACKPROJECTION (FBP); FLUENCE MAPS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRAIN; COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION BEAM; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947718308     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/2/012     Document Type: Article

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