A generic genetic algorithm for generating beam weights

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 965-971

  Langer, Mark ^a   Brown, Richard ^b   Morrill, S ^a   Lane, R ^a   Lee, O ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Gensyme Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

genetic algorithms; optimization; radiation therapy planning

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TUMORS;

CRITICAL STRUCTURES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITIES; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; RANDOMIZED SEARCH; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0029944195     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597858     Document Type: Article

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