External radiotherapy of prostatic carcinoma: A quadratic optimization of the dose distribution

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1205, Issue , 1997, Pages 675-684

  Menguy, Y ^a   Cinquin, P ^a   Troccaz, J ^a   Vassal, P ^b   Giraud, J Y ^b   Dusserre, A ^b   Bolla, M ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^b CHRUG A Michallon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; RADIOTHERAPY; ROBOTIC SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SURGERY; TUMORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSIMETRIC PLANNING; EXTERNAL RADIOTHERAPY; NEW MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PROSTATIC CARCINOMA; QUADRATIC OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 84956624941     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/bfb0029293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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