Evaluation of dose prediction errors and optimization convergence errors of deliverable-based head-and-neck IMRT plans computed with a superposition/ convolution dose algorithm

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3722-3727

  Mihaylov, I B ^a   Siebers, J V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliverable optimization; Dose calculation; IMRT; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION CONVERGENCE; OPTIMIZATION SOLUTION;

ERRORS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 48349131853     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2956710     Document Type: Article

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