General strategy for the protection of organs at risk in IMRT therapy of a moving body

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3013-3017

  Abolfath, Ramin M ^a   Papiez, Lech ^a  

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

Author keywords

Delivery optimization; DMLC delivery; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Moving body anatomy

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; IRRADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION;

DMLC DELIVERY; EFFICIENT GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MOVING BODY; MULTIPLE IRRADIATION; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD;

EID: 67649607596     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3132305     Document Type: Article

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