Laura Goadrich

Research

From 2002-2006 I worked with Dr. Robert Meyer in the Computer Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on radiation treatment planning for inoperable cancerous tumors using IMRT. Our clinical resource was Dr. Warren D'Sousa from the University of Maryland.

Publication

Gunawardena, D'Souza, Goadrich, Meyer, Sorensen, Naqvi, and Shi. A difference-matrix metaheuristic for intensity map segmentation in step-and-shoot IMRT delivery. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 51 (2006) 2517-2536. pdf

Course Presentations/Projects

• IE823 Topics- Operation Research- Real Options (Dr. Leyuan Shi)
  Real Options Presentation
  Offshore Oil Drilling (for Paddock, Siegel, Smith [1988])
  
• Research (Dr. Robert Meyer)
  IMRT Presentation (modifications of Langer et. al.)
• Presentation of papers (Dr. Leyuan Shi)
  Web Caching and handout
• Poster presentation of research for CIBM conference in Fall 2004
  IMRT
• IE816 Special Topics- Systems Design (Dr. Leyuan Shi)
  Simulated Annealing presentation