Assessing software upgrades, plan properties and patient geometry using intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) complexity metrics

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2027-2034

  McGarry, Conor K ^a,b   Chinneck, Candice D ^a   O'Toole, Monica M ^a   O'Sullivan, Joe M ^a,b   Prise, Kevin M ^b   Hounsell, Alan R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COST FUNCTIONS; GEOMETRY; MODULATION; UROLOGY;

DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; DIRECT APERTURE OPTIMIZATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE; PLANNING PARAMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TWO-STEP OPTIMIZATIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 79953657432     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3562897     Document Type: Article

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