Multiobjective optimization with a modified simulated annealing algorithm for external beam radiotherapy treatment planning

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4718-4729

  Aubry, Jean François ^a,b   Beaulieu, Frédéric ^a   Sévigny, Caroline ^a,b   Beaulieu, Luc ^a,b   Tremblay, Daniel ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aperture based IMRT; Beam orientation; Inverse planning; Multiobjective optimization; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

APERTURE-BASED IMRT; APERTURE-BASED INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; BEAM ORIENTATION; CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; INVERSE PLANNING; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33845308813     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2390550     Document Type: Article

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