Essays about: "Gamma Knife"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 24 essays containing the words Gamma Knife.

  1. 16. Development of a test bench for Gamma Knife Optimization

    University essay from KTH/Optimeringslära och systemteori

    Author : Victoria Svedberg; [2014]
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    Abstract : The dose distribution in the Gamma Knife (developed and produced by Elekta) is optimized over the weights (or Beam-on time) using different models other than the radiosurgical one used in Leksell Gamma Plan . These are based on DVH, EUD, TCP and NTCP. READ MORE

  2. 17. Multiobjective optimization in radiosurgery : How to approximate and navigate on the Pareto surface

    University essay from KTH/Optimeringslära och systemteori

    Author : Jenni Svensson; [2014]
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    Abstract : Cancer is a common cause of death worldwide and radiotherapy is one of the treatments used. Since treatment planning is a time consuming matter for the radiation therapist, a way to decrease the time spent finding the plan would be an improvement. READ MORE

  3. 18. Robust Optimization for Radiosurgery under the Static Dose Cloud Approximation

    University essay from KTH/Optimeringslära och systemteori

    Author : Marcus Josefsson; [2014]
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    Abstract : This report investigates methods of optimization to make treatment plans in radiosurgery robust to spatial uncertainty, and attempts to determine whether they could be used with bene t in a Gamma Knife context. To make the problem mathematically feasible, regions of interest (ROIs) are approximated to move in a pre-computed static dose cloud, which in turn is estimated by methods of linear interpolation and linear approximation. READ MORE

  4. 19. Services Marketing in the Health Care Industry- Elekta in Sweden

    University essay from Avdelningen för ekonomi

    Author : Agnieszka Nadowska; [2013]
    Keywords : Culture; Domestic Services Marketing; Gamma Knife;

    Abstract : During the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, the world has moved from a manufacturing to service-based economy, where the twentieth first century, will be the” century of services”, and will transform into the century of “international services” (Clark and Rajaratnam, 1999). ... READ MORE

  5. 20. Services Marketing in a Cross-Cultural Environment – The Case of Elekta in Russia

    University essay from Avdelningen för ekonomi

    Author : Maria Zaytseva; Alena Bazyleva; [2012]
    Keywords : Elekta; Gamma Knife; Russia; Services Marketing; Services characteristics; Network; Trust; Adaptation; Standardization; Culture; Organizational structure;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Title: Services Marketing in a Cross-Cultural Environment – The Case of Elekta in Russia Level: Final assignment for Master Degree in Business Administration Authors: Alena Bazyleva and Maria Zaytseva Supervisor: Dr. Maria Fregidou-Malama Aim: The aim of this research is to investigate how the products and services of the Swedish company Elekta are marketed in Russia, a country with cultural environment different from Sweden. READ MORE