Optimization and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

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News Releases

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery , Science Daily, Feb 26 2001. (saved copy)

Computer program lends new precision to Gamma Knife, globaltechnoscan.com , Feb 28 2001. (saved copy)

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Clinical implementation of an automated planning system for Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
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Neuro-dynamic programming for radiation treatment planning
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An Optimization Approach for Radiosurgery Treatment Planning
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Data Mining Institute Technical Report 01-12, November 2001. SIAM Journal on Optimization, forthcoming, 2002.

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Optimization of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
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In D.-Z. Du, P. Pardolas, and J. Wang, editors, Discrete Mathematical Problems with Medical Applications, volume 55 of DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, pages 27--44, American Mathematical Society, 2000.