Shortening delivery times of intensity modulated proton therapy by reducing proton energy layers during treatment plan optimization

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 460-468

  Van De Water, Steven ^a   Kooy, Hanne M ^b   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a   Hoogeman, Mischa S ^a  

^a ERASMUS MC CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROTON BEAMS; UROLOGY;

BEAM DIRECTION; DOSE PARAMETERS; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPIES; METHODS AND MATERIALS; REDUCTION METHOD; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY TIME; ENERGY; ENERGY LAYER; HUMAN; MALE; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STANDARDS; UNCERTAINTY;

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; MALE; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY SETUP ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84928938591     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.01.031     Document Type: Article

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