DMLC IMRT delivery to targets moving in 2D in Beam's Eye View

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3765-3778

  Rangaraj, Dharanipathy ^a   Palaniswaamy, Geethpriya ^a   Papiez, Lech ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

DMLC; IMRT; Moving target; Synchronization; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; SURFACE DISCHARGES; SYNCHRONIZATION; TRAJECTORIES;

DMLC; EQUILIBRIUM POSITIONS; HARDWARE CONSTRAINTS; IMRT; INTENSITY FUNCTIONS; MOVING TARGETS; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

MOTION COMPENSATION;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; HISTOGRAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 48349102213     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2952775     Document Type: Article

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