Application of a fuzzy pattern classifier to decision making in portal verification of radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 253-269

  Leszczynski, Konrad ^a,b,c   Cosby, Scott ^a   Bissett, Randall ^a,c   Provost, Daniel ^a   Boyko, Susan ^a   Loose, Stephen ^a,b   Mvilongo, Eding ^a,b  

^a NE Ontario Regional Cancer Centre ^*  (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032892383     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/1/018     Document Type: Article

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