A markov decision process approach to temporal modulation of dose fractions in radiation therapy planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4455-4476

  Kim, M ^a,b   Ghate, A ^a   Phillips, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION SPACES; BEAM INTENSITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANCER TREATMENT; DOSE FRACTION; FRACTIONATION SCHEDULES; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; HEALTHY TISSUES; HIGH DOSE; KEY FEATURE; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; NORMAL TISSUE; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMAL POLICIES; RADIATION THERAPY; REWARD FUNCTION; STATE OF THE ART; TEMPORAL MODULATIONS; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES;

MARKOV PROCESSES; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PROBABILITY; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70349568480     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/14/007     Document Type: Article

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