Arc-modulated radiation therapy based on linear models

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3873-3883

  Zhu, Xiaofeng ^a   Thongphiew, Danthai ^a,b   McMahon, Ryan ^a   Li, Taoran ^a   Chankong, Vira ^c   Yin, Fang Fang ^a   Wu, Q Jackie ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUENCES; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LEAF POSITION; MIXED INTEGER; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; THERAPY PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS; TWO-STEP PROCEDURE;

ALGORITHMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECK; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMINAL VESICLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NECK; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 77957958943     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/13/020     Document Type: Article

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