Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 242-247 , July 2008

Inverse planning simulated annealing for magnetic resonance imaging-based intracavitary high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer

  • Charlotte Dai Kubicky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239. Tel.: +1-503-681-4180; fax: +1-503-681-4210.
    • ,
  • Benjamin M. Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Etienne Lessard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Bonnie N. Joe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Joycelyn L. Speight

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Jean Pouliot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • I.-Chow Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Received 25 June 2007 ,Revised 17 January 2008 ,Accepted 31 January 2008.

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 Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, November 4–8, 2006 in Philadelphia, PA.

PII: S1538-4721(08)00552-7

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.01.003

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 242-247 , July 2008

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