Coverage-based treatment planning: Optimizing the IMRT PTV to meet a CTV coverage criterion

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 961-973

  Gordon, J J ^a   Siebers, J V ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Margins; Prostate; Radiotherapy; Setup errors

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; UROLOGY;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; GEOMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; IMRT; MARGINS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PROBABILISTIC TREATMENTS; PROSTATE; SETUP ERRORS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 61349127752     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3075772     Document Type: Article

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