Heuristic optimization of the scanning path of particle therapy beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2043-2051

  Pardo, J ^a,d,e   Donetti, M ^a,b   Bourhaleb, F ^c   Ansarinejad, A ^a,c   Attili, A ^a   Cirio, R ^a,c   Garella, M A ^a   Giordanengo, S ^a   Givehchi, N ^g   La Rosa, A ^f   Marchetto, F ^a   Monaco, V ^g   Pecka, A ^g   Peroni, C ^g   Russo, G ^g   Sacchi, R ^g  

^a SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Dose delivery; Hadrontherapy; Optimization; Scanning beam

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; ION BEAMS; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; DOSE DELIVERY; HADRON THERAPY; HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; SCANNING BEAMS; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SCINTISCANNING; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 66449108531     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3121506     Document Type: Article

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