Determination of target volumes for three-dimensional radiotherapy of cancer patients with a fuzzy system

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-370

  Waschek, T ^a   Levegrun S ^a   Van Kampen, M ^b   Glesner, M ^c   Engenhart Cabillic, R ^b   Schlege, W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological models; Cancer; Fuzziness; Fuzzy logic; Knowledge based system; Medicine; Radiotherapy; Target volume

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BIOLOGICAL MODELS; FUZZINESS REGION; TARGET VOLUME;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0031211330     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(97)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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