Anatomy-based three-dimensional dose optimization in brachytherapy using multiobjective genetic algorithms

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1904-1918

  Lahanas, M ^a   Baltas, D ^a,b   Zamboglou, N ^a,b  

^a Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; COIN; Dose volume histograms; Multiobjective genetic algorithms; Optimization

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GRAPHIC METHODS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SEARCH ENGINES;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COIN; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DIFFERENTIAL VOLUMES; DOSE OPTIMIZATION; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; MULTI-OBJECTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM; MULTIPLE-OBJECTIVES;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HYPSOPHRYS NICARAGUENSIS;

EID: 0032866106     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598697     Document Type: Article

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