Shared data for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) optimization research: The CORT dataset

GigaScience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Craft, David ^a   Bangert, Mark ^b   Long, Troy ^c   Papp, Dávid ^a   Unkelbach, Jan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam angle optimization; IMRT; Optimization; Radiation therapy; Treatment plan optimization; VMAT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIVER CANCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 84925503093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2047217X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-217X-3-37     Document Type: Article

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