Bi- and tri-exponential fitting to TG-43 radial dose functions of brachytherapy sources based on a genetic algorithm

Brachytherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-366

  Wu, Xingen ^a   Brezovich, Ivan A ^a   Fiveash, John B ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Genetic algorithm; Radial dose function; Radioactive seeds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHROMOSOME; DOSIMETRY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70349419991     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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