Selection of beam orientations in intensity-modulated radiation therapy using single-beam indices and integer programming

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3465-3481

  D'Souza, Warren D ^a   Meyer, Robert R ^b   Shi, Leyuan ^c  

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

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM ORIENTATIONS; INTENSITY MODULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; RADIOTHERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABDOMEN; ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PELVIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 4444281975     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/15/011     Document Type: Article

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