A surrogate-based metaheuristic global search method for beam angle selection in radiation treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1933-1946

  Zhang, H H ^a   Gao, S ^b   Chen, W ^c   Shi, L ^b   D'Souza, W D ^a   Meyer, R R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM ANGLE SELECTION; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DIRECT EVALUATIONS; DOSE OPTIMIZATION; NESTED PARTITIONS; RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUME ELEMENTS;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIOTHERAPY;

SITE SELECTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84874925466     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/6/1933     Document Type: Article

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