Aperture shape optimization for IMRT treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-318

  Cassioli, A ^a   Unkelbach, J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMLETS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DIRECT APERTURE OPTIMIZATIONS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FLUENCES; GRADIENT INFORMATIONS; HEAD AND NECK; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LEAF EDGE; LEAF POSITION; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION SOLUTION; PARASPINAL; STEP-AND-SHOOT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS;

ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NEOPLASM; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84871566134     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/2/301     Document Type: Article

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