From analytic inversion to contemporary IMRT optimization: Radiation therapy planning revisited from a mathematical perspective

Physica Medica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-118

  Censor, Yair ^a   Unkelbach, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebraic inverse planning; IMRT; Inverse problem; Radiation therapy treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84858282871     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2011.04.002     Document Type: Review

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