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IPL
2011
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A note on improving the performance of approximation algorithms for radiation therapy
The segment minimization problem consists of representing an integer matrix as the sum of the fewest number of integer matrices each of which have the property that the non-zeroes...
Therese C. Biedl, Stephane Durocher, Holger H. Hoo...
IPL
2007
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13 years 4 months ago
Approximation algorithms for minimizing segments in radiation therapy
Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is one of the most effective modalities for modern cancer treatment. The key to successful IMRT treatment hinges on the delivery of a...
Shuang Luan, Jared Saia, Maxwell Young
CMPB
2010
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13 years 4 months ago
Towards real-time radiation therapy: GPU accelerated superposition/convolution
We demonstrate the use of highly parallel graphics processing units (GPUs) to accelerate the Superposition/Convolution (S/C) algorithm to interactive rates while reducing the numbe...
Robert Jacques, Russell Taylor, John Wong, Todd Mc...
FCCM
2006
IEEE
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13 years 10 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...
DAM
2007
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A note on the precedence-constrained class sequencing problem
We give a short proof of a result of Tovey [6] on the inapproximability of a scheduling problem known as precedence constrained class sequencing. In addition, we present an approxi...
José R. Correa, Samuel Fiorini, Nicol&aacut...