Dose correction strategy for the optimization of volumetric modulated arc therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2441-2444

  Zhang, Pengpeng ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Hunt, Margie ^a   Mageras, Gig ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Treatment planning; Volumetric arc modulated therapy

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; UROLOGY;

DOSE CALCULATION; MULTIPLE RESOLUTIONS; MULTIPLICATIVE CORRECTIONS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC ARC MODULATED THERAPY; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

PLANNING;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 77953507386     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3426001     Document Type: Article

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