Multiobjective inverse planning for intensity modulated radiotherapy with constraint-free gradient-based optimization algorithms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2843-2871

  Lahanas, Michael ^a   Schreibmann, Eduard ^a,b   Baltas, Dimos ^a,c  

^a Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DOSIMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

INVERSE PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0141849103     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/17/308     Document Type: Article

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