{"59985":{"#nid":"59985","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Optimizing Radiation Therapy :: Software Applies Mathematics and Engineering Principles to Medicine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThrough externally-applied beams or \u0022seed\u0022 implants, radiation therapy provides a valuable tool for treating cancer. But its effectiveness depends on the ability to target cancer cells with appropriate radiation doses while sparing healthy tissues. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Professor Eva Lee uses mathematical optimization techniques originally developed for the industrial world to help doctors produce the best results from radiation therapy. Here, she holds an ultrasound image of a prostate (photo by Gary Meek).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo read the article in its entirety, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/reshor\/rh-ss04\/c-radiation.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eplease visit Georgia Tech\u0027s Research Horizons online\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2004-08-19 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}