Beam orientation optimization for intensity modulated radiation therapy using adaptive l2,1-minimization

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 6205-6222

  Jia, Xun ^a   Men, Chunhua ^a   Lou, Yifei ^b   Jiang, Steve B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM ANGLE; BEAM CONFIGURATION; BEAM ORIENTATION; BEAM ORIENTATION OPTIMIZATION; CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES; FLUENCES; HEAD AND NECK; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; KEY COMPONENT; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION VALUES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PLAN QUALITY; TREATMENT PLANS; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 80053244462     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/19/004     Document Type: Article

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