On improving physical selectivity in the treatment of cancer: A systems modelling and optimisation approach

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1739-1745

  Haas, O C L ^a   Burnham, K J ^a   Mills, J A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

genetic algorithms; geometric approaches; inverse problem; iterative methods; least squares methods; multiobjective optimisation; physics; systems methodology

Indexed keywords

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICAL SELECTIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 0031541396     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0661(97)10029-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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