Target tracking using DMLC for volumetric modulated arc therapy: A simulation study

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6116-6124

  Sun, Baozhou ^a   Rangaraj, Dharanipathy ^a   Papiez, Lech ^b   Oddiraju, Swetha ^a   Yang, Deshan ^a   Li, H Harold ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DMLC; IMRT; motion management; VMAT

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); ITERATIVE METHODS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MOTION TRACKING;

2D TRACKING ALGORITHMS; DMLC; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; IMRT; MOTION MANAGEMENT; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; VMAT; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

TARGET TRACKING;

EID: 78650165392     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3511516     Document Type: Article

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