When is better best? A multiobjective perspective

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1635-1640

  Phillips, Mark H ^a   Holdsworth, Clay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

comparisons; decision analysis; multiobjective optimization; treatment planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

COMPARISONS; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; STUDY METHODS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 79952133255     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3553404     Document Type: Article

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