Demonstration of simulated annealing optimization for permanent breast seed implant treatment planning

Permanent breast seed implant (PBSI) is a developing brachytherapy technique for the treatment of early-stage breast cancer. In current practice, PBSI uses manual planning strategies to generate clinical treatment plans. In this work, a simulated annealing-based algorithm is developed to demonstrate the first application of inverse optimization for PBSI.

Source: Brachytherapy - February 3, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Michael Roumeliotis, Brock Yates, Elizabeth Watt, Amy Frederick, Tyler Meyer Source Type: research