A comparison of three optimization algorithms for intensity modulated radiation therapy

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-119

  Pflugfelder, Daniel ^a   Wilkens, Jan J ^a   Nill, Simeon ^a   Oelfke, Uwe ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

conjugate gradient; IMPT; IMRT; L BFGS; quasi Newton methods

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PROSTATE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42449155756     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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