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Intensity modulated photon beams subject to a minimal surface smoothing constraint
- Source :
- Physics in Medicine and Biology. 45:N49-N52
- Publication Year :
- 2000
- Publisher :
- IOP Publishing, 2000.
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Abstract
- A method to smooth intensity-modulated photon beams is presented which can be applied in conjunction with any optimization algorithm. The method employs an additional soft constraint to minimize the area of the surface defined by the photon fluence.
- Subjects :
- Surface (mathematics)
Photons
Photon
Minimal surface
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
business.industry
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
Biophysics
Fluence
Biophysical Phenomena
Constraint (information theory)
Optics
Neoplasms
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiotherapy, Conformal
business
Particle beam
Algorithms
Intensity (heat transfer)
Smoothing
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13616560 and 00319155
- Volume :
- 45
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physics in Medicine and Biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....812835a117ec1196bea240ca321d2bcf
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/45/5/403