A greedy heuristic using adjoint functions for the optimization of seed and needle configurations in prostate seed implant

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 815-828

  Yoo, Sua ^a   Kowalok, Michael E ^b   Thomadsen, Bruce R ^c   Henderson, Douglass L ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADJOINT FUNCTIONS; REAL-TIME TREATMENT; REGION OF INTEREST (ROI); TREATMENT-PLANNING ALGORITHMS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; IRRADIATION; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEEDLE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SPACE; STRENGTH; TREATMENT PLANNING; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 34047259491     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/3/020     Document Type: Article

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