Optimization of photon beam flatness for radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1735-1746

  Olofsson, Jörgen ^a   Nyholm, Tufve ^a   Ahnesjö, Anders ^a,b,c   Karlsson, Mikael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Elekta AB   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DOSIMETERS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS;

FLATNESS PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION (IEC); LATERAL FLUENCE/DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 34247504245     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/6/013     Document Type: Article

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