A dose optimization method for electron radiotherapy using randomized aperture beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5253-5270

  Engel, Konrad ^a   Gauer, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM ENERGIES; BEAM INCIDENCE ANGLE; BREAST CANCER; CRITICAL ORGANS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE OPTIMIZATION; MONITOR UNITS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; NEW APPROACHES; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PHILIPS; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; REDUCTION ALGORITHMS; STAND -ALONE; SUBFIELDS; TARGET COVERAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON THERAPY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 70350501849     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/17/012     Document Type: Article

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