Multiobjective evolutionary optimization of the number of beams, their orientations and weights for intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 747-770

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

^a Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION; INVERSE PLANNING;

MEDICINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542610657     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/5/007     Document Type: Article

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