On optimal treatment planning in radiotherapy governed by transport equations

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 345-359

  Herty, Michael ^a   Sandjo, Albert N ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

kinetic equations; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN; BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; ENERGY DEPENDENT; ENERGY LOSS; GROUP THEORY; KINETIC EQUATIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL TREATMENT; RADIATIVE INTENSITY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

ALGEBRA; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CONTROL; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; RADIOTHERAPY;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79952319670     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202511005076     Document Type: Article

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