Calculating and controlling the error of discrete representations of Pareto surfaces in convex multi-criteria optimization

Physica Medica

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 184-191

  Craft, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete approximation; IMRT; Multi objective; Optimization; Pareto

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 77956871328     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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