An Integrated Two-Level Hierarchical System for Decision Making in Radiation Therapy Based on Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1326-1339

  Papageorgiou, Elpiniki I ^a   Stylios, Chrysostomos D ^b   Groumpos, Peter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decision making, fuzzy cognitive maps; Hierarchical intelligent systems; Modeling; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DOSIMETRY; FUZZY CONTROL; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPS (FCM);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EVALUATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0345356963     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.819845     Document Type: Article

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