Bridging the gap between IMRT and VMAT: Dense angularly sampled and sparse intensity modulated radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4912-4919

  Li, Ruijiang ^a   Xing, Lei ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DASSIM RT; IMAT; IMRT; rotational arc therapy; VMAT

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; EFFICIENCY; MODULATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

DASSIM-RT; IMAT; IMRT; ROTATIONAL ARCS; VMAT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 80052399144     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3618736     Document Type: Article

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