Influence of robust optimization in intensity-modulated proton therapy with different dose delivery techniques

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3089-3101

  Liu, Wei ^a   Li, Yupeng ^a   Li, Xiaoqiang ^a   Cao, Wenhua ^b   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

distal edge tracking; IMPT; robust optimization

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTON BEAMS;

BEAM ANGLE OPTIMIZATION; EDGE TRACKING; HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IMPT; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPIES; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863510912     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4711909     Document Type: Article

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