Evolutionary Algorithms for Medical Simulations - A Case Study in Minimally-Invasive Vascular Interventions

GECCO 2005 - Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

Volumn 2005-January, Issue , 2005, Pages 125-132

  Bosman, Peter A N ^a   Alderliesten, Tanja ^b  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

evolutionary algorithms; gradients; guide wire; medical simulation; minimally invasive; numerical optimization; training; vascular intervention

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CASE-STUDIES; FIRST ORDER; GRADIENT; GUIDEWIRES; MEDICAL SIMULATIONS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; SIMULATION SYSTEMS; VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 63449087590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1102256.1102286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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