Optimization of dose distributions for bifurcated coronary vessels treated with catheter‐based photon and beta emitters using the simulated annealing algorithm
Yue N, Roberts KB, Son H, Khosravi S, Pfau SE, Nath R. Optimization of dose distributions for bifurcated coronary vessels treated with catheter‐based photon and beta emitters using the simulated annealing algorithm. Medical Physics 2004, 31: 2610-2622. PMID: 15487744, DOI: 10.1118/1.1783533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsAnimalsBeta ParticlesBlood Vessel ProsthesisBrachytherapyCatheterizationCatheters, IndwellingComputer SimulationCoronary RestenosisHumansModels, CardiovascularPhotonsRadiometryRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedRelative Biological EffectivenessReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityConceptsTreatment schemeCatheter-based delivery systemBetter dose distributionDose distributionDwell positionsPrescription doseCoronary vesselsBranch vesselsBranch treatmentBifurcation angleSatisfactory dose distributionMultiple dwell positionsVesselsOverdosingDelivery systemGeometry of bifurcations