Two-dimensional inverse planning and delivery with a preclinical image guided microirradiator

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Stewart, James M P ^a,b   Lindsay, Patricia E ^b,c   Jaffray, David A ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image guidance; Inverse dose optimization; Micro IGRT; Preclinical treatment planning; Small animal radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DOSIMETRY; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE OPTIMIZATION; IMAGE GUIDANCES; MICRO-IGRT; SMALL ANIMAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; FILM; IMAGE GUIDED MICROIRRADIATOR; IMAGING PHANTOM; MOTION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT; RADIOTHERAPY UNIT; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; EQUIPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885797387     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4819935     Document Type: Article

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