A finite size pencil beam algorithm for IMRT dose optimization: Density corrections

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 617-633

  Jelen U ^a,b   Alber, M ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

COMPUTATION ALGORITHMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE GRADIENTS; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG TUMOR; STATISTICS;

WATER;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; WATER;

EID: 34047264289     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/3/006     Document Type: Article

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