Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Optimization in a Quasi-Periodically Deforming Patient Model

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 906-914

  Söhn, Matthias ^a   Weinmann, Martin ^a   Alber, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

4D Monte Carlo dose calculation; 4D radiotherapy; Deformable geometries; Deformable image registration; IMRT

Indexed keywords

4D MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; 4D RADIOTHERAPY; DEFORMABLE GEOMETRIES; DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMRT;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DEFORMATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK PERCEPTION; TARGETS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COLLIMATOR; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOVEMENT; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 70349557922     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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