Automation and intensity modulated radiation therapy for individualized high-quality tangent breast treatment plans

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 688-695

  Purdie, Thomas G ^a,b,c   Dinniwell, Robert E ^a,b   Fyles, Anthony ^a,b   Sharpe, Michael B ^a,b,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RADIOTHERAPY; USER INTERFACES;

AUTOMATED METHODS; AUTOMATED PLANNING; AUTOMATED PROCESS; CURRENT TREATMENTS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODS AND MATERIALS; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; PROCEDURES; PRODUCTIVITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84907999257     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.06.056     Document Type: Article

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