The effectiveness of artificial neural networks in evaluating treatment plans for patients requiring external beam radiotherapy

Oncology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1065-1070

  Lennernäs, Bo ^a   Sandberg, Dan ^b   Albertsson, Per ^a   Siĺen, Ake ^c   Isacsson, Ulf ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Neural networks; Radiation therapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RECTUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM;

EID: 16544384405     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.12.5.1065     Document Type: Article

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