Simulation of DNA damage clustering after proton irradiation using an adapted DBSCAN algorithm

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-270

  Francis, Ziad ^a   Villagrasa, Carmen ^a   Clairand, Isabelle ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Clustering; Data mining; DNA damage; Monte Carlo; Proton irradiation; Radiobiology

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING; DAMAGE PROBABILITY; DBSCAN ALGORITHM; DENSITY BASED SPATIAL CLUSTERING OF APPLICATIONS WITH NOISE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DAMAGES; ENERGY DEPOSITS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MONTE CARLO; PROTON TRACKS; RADIOBIOLOGY; TOTAL ENERGY;

BIOPHYSICS; CELL CULTURE; DATA MINING; DEPOSITS; DNA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROTON IRRADIATION; PROTONS; RADIOACTIVITY;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY BASED SPATIAL CLUSTERING OF APPLICATIONS WITH NOISE ALGORITHM; DNA DAMAGE; ENERGY YIELD; FIBROBLAST; GENE CLUSTER; PLASMID; PROTON RADIATION;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PLASMIDS; PROTONS;

EID: 79952043688     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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