A fuzzy convolution model for radiobiologically optimized radiotherapy margins

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3219-3235

  Mzenda, Bongile ^a   Hosseini Ashrafi, Mir ^a   Gegov, Alex ^b   Brown, David J ^b  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION MODEL; DOSE ESCALATION; ERROR EFFECT; FUZZY LOGIC TECHNIQUES; FUZZY TECHNIQUES; GAUSSIAN CONVOLUTION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; NON-LINEAR VARIATION; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITIES; ORGANS AT RISKS; PROSTATE TREATMENT; RADIOBIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; RULE BASE; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUGENO TYPE; TREATMENT MARGINS; TUMOUR CONTROL PROBABILITIES;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CONVOLUTION; ERRORS; FUZZY LOGIC; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; TISSUE; UROLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77957723862     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/11/015     Document Type: Article

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