A robust algorithm of intensity modulated proton therapy for critical tissue sparing and target coverage

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4749-4770

  Inaniwa, Taku ^a   Kanematsu, Nobuyuki ^a   Furukawa, Takuji ^a   Hasegawa, Azusa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORDOMA; DOSE GRADIENTS; DOSE OPTIMIZATION; HIGH DOSE; IN-FIELD; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPIES; NOVEL ALGORITHM; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; ORGANS AT RISKS; PENCIL BEAM; RISK INDICES; ROBUST ALGORITHM; SETUP ERRORS; SETUP UNCERTAINTY; TARGET COVERAGE; TREATMENT PLANS;

OPTIMIZATION; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; TISSUE;

ALGORITHMS;

PROTON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANS AT RISK; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; UNCERTAINTY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGANS AT RISK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SOFTWARE; UNCERTAINTY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79961085493     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/15/008     Document Type: Article

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