Improvement in tangential breast planning efficiency using a knowledge- based expert system

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 133-138

  Wells, Derek M ^a   Walrath, Daphne ^a   Craighead, Peter S ^a,b  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Breast technique; Knowledge base; Medical expert system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0033797486     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(00)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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