Optimization Models and Techniques for Radiation Treatment Planning Applied to Leksell Gamma Knife(R) Perfexion(TM)

Radiation treatment planning is a process through which a certain plan is devised in order to irradiate tumors or lesions to a prescribed dose without posing surrounding organs to the risk of receiving radiation. A plan comprises a series of shots at di erent positions with di erent shapes. The inve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghaffari, Hamid
Other Authors: Aleman, Dionne
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/34010