A fast algorithm for gamma evaluation in 3D

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1647-1654

  Wendling, Markus ^a   Zijp, Lambert J ^a   McDermott, Leah N ^a   Smit, Ewoud J ^a   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-DISTRIBUTION COMPARISONS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; REFERENCE POINTS; STATISTICAL MEASURES; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 34247559829     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2721657     Document Type: Article

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