A new column-generation-based algorithm for VMAT treatment plan optimization

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4569-4588

  Peng, Fei ^a,b   Jia, Xun ^b   Gu, Xuejun ^b   Epelman, Marina A ^a   Romeijn, H Edwin ^a   Jiang, Steve B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL POINT; DOSE RATE; DOSE-VOLUME; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNITS; HIGH QUALITY; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION VALUES; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PRICING PROBLEMS; PROSTATE CANCERS; RATE OF CHANGE; RESTRICTED PROBLEM; TREATMENT PLANS; TREATMENT TIME; UPPER BOUND; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTERS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84863517865     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/14/4569     Document Type: Article

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