A nested partitions framework for beam angle optimization in intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3293-3307

  D'Souza, Warren D ^a,b   Zhang, Hao H ^c   Nazareth, Daryl P ^a   Shi, Leyuan ^c   Meyer, Robert R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BEAM ANGLE OPTIMIZATION; BEAM ANGLE SELECTION; BEAM ANGLES; COMBINATORIAL OP-TIMIZATION PROBLEM; COUPLING BEAMS; DOSE OPTIMIZATION; FEASIBLE REGION; GREEDY HEURISTIC; HEAD AND NECK; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IP METHODS; META HEURISTIC; NOVEL ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; RANDOM SAMPLING; SEARCH SPACES; SYSTEMATIC PARTITIONING;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BIOLOGY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LASER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAMPLING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; HEAD; NECK; PELVIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 45949105786     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/12/015     Document Type: Article

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