International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 1565-1574 , 1 December 2002

Incorporating prior knowledge into beam orientaton optimization in IMRT

  • Andrei Pugachev, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Lei Xing, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Lei Xing, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5304, USA Tel: (650) 498 7896; Fax: (650) 498 4015

Received 7 May 2002 ,Revised 8 August 2002 ,Accepted 12 August 2002.

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☆ This work was supported in part by a research scholar grant award from the American Cancer Society and research grants from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Whitaker Foundation, and the Information Technology Systems and Services of Stanford University.

PII: S0360-3016(02)03917-2

doi: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)03917-2

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 1565-1574 , 1 December 2002

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