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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
The work presented in the paper addresses a method for obtaining the optimal dose distribution for LINAC-based stereotactic radiosurgery. As many targets have nonspherical or irregular shapes and three-dimensional dose calculations included in dose optimisation, long computation times are required to determine the optimum isocentre separation and collimator sizes to shape the irregular target using the multiple-isocentre approach, by trial-and-error types of method. The simple approach, using a computer-aided design optimisation technique and a fast approximate dose model, has been developed to find the optimum isocentre positions and collimator sizes quickly and automatically. A spherical dose model has been developed to represent the dose for a standard arc system with a single isocentre. The implementation of computer-aided design algorithms with the spherical dose model and their application to several cases are discussed. It is shown that the spherical dose model gives dose distribution similar to that of the exact dose model, which makes this simple dose model more efficient, with computer-aided design optimisation, in finding optimum isocentre positions and collimator sizes used in stereotactic radiosurgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0140-0118
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31 Suppl
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S23-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Optimisation of dose distribution for linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Kang-nam St Mary's Hospital, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article