Optimization of equivalent uniform dose using the L-curve criterion

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5973-5984

  Chvetsov, Alexei V ^a   Dempsey, James F ^a   Palta, Jatinder R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE (EUD); INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT); INVERSE PLANNING; NONUNIFORM DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS;

DOSIMETERS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 34748850133     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/19/017     Document Type: Article

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