A column-generation-based method for multi-criteria direct aperture optimization

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 621-639

  Salari, Ehsan ^a   Unkelbach, Jan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMN GENERATION; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DIRECT APERTURE OPTIMIZATIONS; FLUENCES; INTERACTIVE EXPLORATION; LEAF SEQUENCING; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA METHOD; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; PARASPINAL; PARETO SURFACE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; SOLUTION METHODS; SPINAL-CORD; TARGET COVERAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PARETO PRINCIPLE;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872714474     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/3/621     Document Type: Article

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