Interactive multiobjective optimization for anatomy-based three-dimensional HDR brachytherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4703-4719

  Ruotsalainen, Henri ^a   Miettinen, Kaisa ^b   Palmgren, Jan Erik ^c   Lahtinen, Tapani ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149301297     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/16/006     Document Type: Article

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