Decision theoretic steering and genetic algorithm optimization: Application to stereotactic radiosurgery treatment planning

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1742-1750

  Yu, Yan ^a   Schell, M C ^a   Zhang, Jb Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational intelligence; Decision theory; Genetic algorithm; Optimization; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INTELLIGENT COMPUTING; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTATIONAL OPTIMIZATION; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; FRACTIONATED RADIOTHERAPY; GENETIC-ALGORITHM OPTIMIZATIONS; INTELLIGENT TECHNIQUES; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITIES; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OPTIMIZATION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION THEORY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030707828     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597951     Document Type: Article

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