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IOR
2006
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A New Linear Programming Approach to Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning Problems
We consider the problem of radiation therapy treatment planning for cancer patients. During radiation therapy, beams of radiation pass through a patient, killing both cancerous an...
H. Edwin Romeijn, Ravindra K. Ahuja, James F. Demp...
FCCM
2006
IEEE
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14 years 5 months ago
An FPGA Solution for Radiation Dose Calculation
— Radiation dose calculation is an important step in the treatment of cancer patients requiring radiation therapy. It ensures that the physician prescribed dose agrees with the d...
Kevin Whitton, Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Cedric X. Yu, Dan...
ISBI
2006
IEEE
15 years 5 days ago
Head and neck lymph node region delineation using a hybrid image registration method
The success of radiation therapy depends critically on accurately delineating the target volume, which is the region of known or suspected disease in a patient. Methods that can c...
Chia-Chi Teng, Linda G. Shapiro, Ira Kalet