Sampling issues for optimization in radiotherapy
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Sampling issues for optimization in radiotherapy
A wide variety of optimization problems and techniques are used in radiation treatment planning. The problems typically involve large amounts of data, derived from simulations of patient anatomy and the properties of the delivery device. We investigate a three phase approach for their solution based on sampling of the underlying data that determines optimal beam angles, wedge orientations and d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Operations Research
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0254-5330,1572-9338
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-006-0083-y