Automated planning of tangential breast intensity-modulated radiotherapy using heuristic optimization

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 575-583

  Purdie, Thomas G ^a,b   Dinniwell, Robert E ^a,b   Letourneau, Daniel ^a,b   Hill, Christine ^a   Sharpe, Michael B ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automation; Breast cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Tangential

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES; BREAST CANCER; HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; RADIO-OPAQUE MARKERS; TANGENTIAL;

AUTOMATION;

AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 80052804880     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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