A hybrid evolutionary algorithm for multi-objective anatomy-based dose optimization in high-dose-rate brachytherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 399-415

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GRADIENT METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

BRACHYTHERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HISTOGRAM; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037423586     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/3/309     Document Type: Article

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