A fast optimization algorithm for multicriteria intensity modulated proton therapy planning

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4938-4945

  Chen, Wei ^a   Craft, David ^b   Madden, Thomas M ^b   Zhang, Kewu ^b   Kooy, Hanne M ^b   Herman, Gabor T ^a  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

multi criteria; numerical evaluation; optimization; projection method

Indexed keywords

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROTON BEAMS;

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPIES; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; NUMERICAL EVALUATION; PROJECTION ALGORITHMS; PROJECTION METHOD; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

PROTON;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956320062     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3481566     Document Type: Article

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