DMLC leaf-pair optimal control of IMRT delivery for a moving rigid target

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2742-2754

  Papiez, Lech ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DMLC; Moving target optimal IMRT

Indexed keywords

DMLC; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATION; MOVING TARGETS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OPTIMAL ALGORITHM; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; RADIATION INTENSITY; SUB-OPTIMAL ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 7244242296     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1779358     Document Type: Article

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