A non-voxel-based broad-beam (NVBB) framework for IMRT treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7175-7210

  Lu, Weiguo ^a  

^a TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMLETS; COMPUTATION RESOURCES; COMPUTER CLUSTERS; DATA PARALLELIZATION; DIRECT TREATMENT; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNITS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR COMPLEXITY; LOW MEMORY; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PARALLELIZATIONS; PLAN QUALITY; PLANNING TIME; SERVICE COSTS; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL COMPLEXITY; THIRD PARTIES; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTERS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 78650059912     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/23/002     Document Type: Article

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