Accounting for range uncertainties in the optimization of intensity modulated proton therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Unkelbach, Jan ^a   Chan, Timothy C Y ^b   Bortfeld, Thomas ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RANDOM VARIABLES; ROBUST CONTROL;

DOSE DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPY (IMPT); PENCIL BEAM DOES; PLANNING CONCEPTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY;

PROTON;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 34248204231     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/10/009     Document Type: Article

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