Abstract
In external beam radiotherapy, an interesting situation occurs when several proposed treatment plans approach the desired dose distribution but none fully satisfies it. A mathematical formulation of such a situation is given here and the question of combining realizable but unacceptable plans is posed. Solution methods for this mathematical model are proposed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1035-1037 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Mathematical and Computer Modelling |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | C |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1988 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank our colleaguesD . Gordon, G.T. Herman, A. Lent and R.M. Lewitt for useful discussions of the problem of RTTP. This work has been supportedb y the Departmento f Radiation Therapy of the Hospital of the Universityo f Pennsylvania( HUP) and by NIH Grant HL28438 of the Medical Image ProcessingG roup (MIPG), ;;partmento f Radiology,( HUP),P hiladelphia,
Keywords
- Radiotherapy treatment planning
- acceptability
- combination of plans
- realizability
- treatment plan vector
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modeling and Simulation
- Computer Science Applications