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Neural Network Based Algorithm for Radiation Dose Evaluation in Heterogeneous Environments

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Artificial Neural Networks – ICANN 2006 (ICANN 2006)

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An efficient and accurate algorithm for radiation dose evaluation is presented in this paper. Such computations are useful in the radiotherapic treatment planning of tumors. The originality of our approach is to use a neural network which has been trained with several homogeneous environments to deduce the doses in any kind of environment (possibly heterogeneous). Our algorithm is compared in several representative contexts to a reference simulation code in the domain.

Work supported by LCC,CAPM,Région Franche-Comté and Canceropôle Grand- Est.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Informatique de Franche-Comté, IUT Belfort-Montbéliard, University of Franche-Comté, Rue Engel Gros, 90016, Belfort, France

    Jacques M. Bahi, Sylvain Contassot-Vivier & Marc Sauget

  2. CREST Femto-ST, IUT Belfort-Montbéliard, Portes du Jura, University of Franche-Comté, 4 Place Tharradin, 25200, Montbéliard, France

    Libor Makovicka & Éric Martin

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  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Image, Video and Multimedia Systems Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, 157 80, Zographou, GR, Greece

    Stefanos Kollias

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780, Zographou, Greece

    Andreas Stafylopatis

  3. Department of Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

    Włodzisław Duch

  4. Adaptive Informatics Research Centre, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 5400, 02015, HUT, Finland

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Bahi, J.M., Contassot-Vivier, S., Makovicka, L., Martin, É., Sauget, M. (2006). Neural Network Based Algorithm for Radiation Dose Evaluation in Heterogeneous Environments. In: Kollias, S., Stafylopatis, A., Duch, W., Oja, E. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks – ICANN 2006. ICANN 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4132. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11840930_81

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