Direct aperture optimization for online adaptive radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1631-1646

  Mestrovic, Ante ^a,b   Milette, Marie Pierre ^a,b   Nichol, Alan ^b   Clark, Brenda G ^c   Otto, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerated treatment plan adaptation; Adaptive radiation delivery (ARD); Adaptive radiation therapy (ART); Direct aperture optimization (DAO); Inter fractional anatomical deformations; Online ART; Prostate deformations

Indexed keywords

ARTS COMPUTING; DETERIORATION; EFFICIENCY; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPIES; DIRECT APERTURE OPTIMIZATIONS; ONLINE ART; PROSTATE DEFORMATION; TREATMENT PLANS;

DEFORMATION;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ONLINE ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34247608341     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2719364     Document Type: Article

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