Numerical solutions of the γ-index in two and three dimensions

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 6981-6997

  Clasie, Benjamin M ^a   Sharp, Gregory C ^a   Seco, Joao ^a   Flanz, Jacob B ^a   Kooy, Hanne M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EFFICIENT NUMERICAL METHOD; FIRST-ORDER; HIGHER ORDER SOLUTIONS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SECOND ORDERS; SINGLE EQUATION; THREE DIMENSIONS; TRICUBIC SPLINES;

INTERPOLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ARTICLE; RADIATION DOSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 84868028123     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/21/6981     Document Type: Article

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