Four-dimensional IMRT treatment planning using a DMLC motion-tracking algorithm

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3821-3835

  Suh, Yelin ^a,b   Sawant, Amit ^b   Venkat, Raghu ^b   Keall, Paul J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4D RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT PLANNING; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LEAF POSITION; LUNG CANCER; NON-LINEAR MOTIONS; PLANNING METHOD; RESPIRATORY PHASIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TIME SPENT; TRACKING ALGORITHM; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS; TUMOR MOTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; RADIOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70149108974     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/12/014     Document Type: Article

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