Optimization of permanent 125I prostate implants using fast simulated annealing

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 711-720

  Pouliot, Jean ^a   Tremblay, Daniel ^a   Roy, Jean ^a   Filice, Santo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Fast simulated annealing; Optimization; Permanent prostate implant; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0030251339     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00365-3     Document Type: Article

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