Beam orientation optimization methods in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning

Optimization in Medicine and Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 223-251

  Aleman, Dionne M ^a   Romeijn, H Edwin ^b   Dempsey, James F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 56249083245     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780849305696-15     Document Type: Chapter

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