A unifying framework for multi-criteria fluence map optimization models

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1991-2013

  Romeijn, H Edwin ^a   Dempsey, James F ^b   Li, Jonathan G ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

FLUENCE MAPS; UNIFYING FRAMEWORK;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 2942577642     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/10/011     Document Type: Article

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