4D DMLC leaf sequencing to minimize organ at risk dose in moving anatomy

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4952-4956

  Papiez, Lech ^a   McMahon, Ryan ^b   Timmerman, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4D IMRT; DMLC delivery; Moving body anatomy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

4D IMRT; DMLC DELIVERY; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MOVING BODY; MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; ORGANS AT RISKS; SENSITIVE STRUCTURE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 36649014027     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2804722     Document Type: Article

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