A Multiplan Treatment-Planning Framework: A Paradigm Shift for Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1178-1189

  Meyer, Robert R ^a   Zhang, Hao H ^b   Goadrich, Laura ^a   Nazareth, Daryl P ^c   Shi, Leyuan ^b   D'Souza, Warren D ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite criteria; IMRT planning; Multiplan framework; Pre emptive selection; Quadratic modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE CRITERIA; IMRT PLANNING; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT); MULTIPLAN FRAMEWORK; PRE-EMPTIVE SELECTION; QUADRATIC MODELING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONCOLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 34447279049     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.02.051     Document Type: Article

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