A network flow algorithm to minimize beam-on time for unconstrained multileaf collimator problems in cancer radiation therapy
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A network flow algorithm to minimize beam-on time for unconstrained multileaf collimator problems in cancer radiation therapy
In this article, we study the modulation of intensity matrices arising in cancer radiation therapy using multileaf collimators. This problem can be formulated by decomposing a given m n integer matrix into a positive linear combination of (0, 1) matrices with the strict consecutive 1’s property in rows. We consider a special case in which no technical constraints have to be taken into account. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Networks
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0028-3045,1097-0037
DOI: 10.1002/net.20047