Mixed Integer Programming Approaches to Treatment Planning for Brachytherapy - Application to Permanent Prostate Implants

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 147-163

  Lee, Eva K ^a,b   Zaider, Marco ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Mixed integer programming; Optimization; Prostate cancer; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037252276     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022986523863     Document Type: Conference Paper

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