Four-dimensional inverse treatment planning with inclusion of implanted fiducials in IMRT segmented fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2215-2221

  Ma, Yunzhi ^a   Lee, Louis ^a   Keshet, O ^a   Keall, Paul ^a   Xing, Lei ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose optimization; IGRT; Implanted fiducial; IMRT; Inverse planning

Indexed keywords

SIMULATED ANNEALING; VISIBILITY;

DOSE OPTIMIZATION; IGRT; IMPLANTED FIDUCIAL; IMRT; INVERSE PLANNING;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPLANT; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; MOTION; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 66449122447     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3121425     Document Type: Article

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