A hierarchical evolutionary algorithm for multiobjective optimization in IMRT

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4986-4997

  Holdsworth, Clay ^a   Kim, Minsun ^a   Liao, Jay ^a   Phillips, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary algorithm; IMRT; multiobjective optimization; radiation oncology

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GENES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ONCOLOGY; PARETO PRINCIPLE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EVOLUTIONARY MULTI-OBJECTIVE ALGORITHMS; HIERARCHICAL EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTI OBJECTIVE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; STANDARD GENETIC ALGORITHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

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

ALGORITHMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 77956328841     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3478276     Document Type: Article

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