A matter of timing: identifying significant multi-dose radiotherapy improvements by numerical simulation and genetic algorithm search.

Multi-dose radiotherapy protocols (fraction dose and timing) currently used in the clinic are the product of human selection based on habit, received wisdom, physician experience and intra-day patient timetabling. However, due to combinatorial considerations, the potential treatment protocol space f...

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Main Authors: Simon D Angus, Monika Joanna Piotrowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4252029?pdf=render

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