Adaptive particle swarm optimizer for beam angle selection in radiotherapy planning

IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 421-425

  Li, Yongjie ^a   Yao, Dezhong ^a   Chen, Wufan ^a   Zheng, Jiancheng ^b   Yao, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Topslane Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam angle selection; Conjugate gradient; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Particle swarm optimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BEAM ANGLE SELECTION; CONJUGATE GRADIENT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 27744548021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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