Dose optimization in high|dose|rate brachytherapy

Optimization in treatment planning of high dose‐rate brachytherapy ...

There is a large variety of proposed optimization models and algorithms to model and solve the treatment planning problem. Two major parts of ...

Optimization in treatment planning of high dose-rate brachytherapy

Treatment planning in high dose-rate brachytherapy has traditionally been conducted with manual forward planning, but inverse planning is today increasingly ...

Variation of optimization techniques for high dose rate ...

High dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy treatment planning usually involves optimization methods to deliver uniform dose to the target volume and minimize dose ...

Dosimetric comparison of various optimization techniques for high ...

HDR brachytherapy treatment planning often involves optimization methods to calculate the dwell times and dwell positions of the radioactive source along ...

Dose optimization in high-dose-rate brachytherapy: A literature ...

In this study, we present a literature review that covers recent developments regarding HDR dose optimization.

Optimization of dose distribution for HDR brachytherapy of the ...

Methods and Materials: The ARM was used to optimize the dose distribution by finding the best dwell time combination. ARM requires grids inside the clinical ...

Dose optimization of high dose rate brachytherapy for skin cancer ...

In the present study, we developed a high dose rate brachytherapy treatment for superficial skin. For this purpose, we established an algorithm to deliver a ...

A linear optimization model for high dose rate brachytherapy using a ...

We propose a linear network-based optimization model (LNBM) for high dose rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) that uses a novel distance metric to measure the ...

Optimization in Brachytherapy - AAPM

• Specific brachytherapy applications. - Permanent prostate implants. - High dose rate brachytherapy. • General concepts of optimization. • Classes of ...

A Simple Optimization System to Reduce Rectal Dose During HDR ...

Table 1 shows the doses to the ICRU rectal and ring points, and to 0.1 and 2 cc of rectum. “Semi-optimization” reduced dose to all points in the rectum, ...

High dose-rate brachytherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer

Abstract: High dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy involves delivery of a high dose of radiation to the cancer with great sparing of surrounding organs at risk.

An Inverse Dose Optimization Algorithm for Three-Dimensional ...

The inverse optimization algorithm of brachytherapy usually produces a plan with a large dwell time variation (6), which should be addressed for the following ...

Optimization in treatment planning of high dose‐rate brachytherapy

There is a large variety of proposed optimization models and algorithms to model and solve the treatment planning problem. Two major parts of ...

Dose optimization of high dose rate brachytherapy for skin cancer ...

An algorithm to deliver a uniform prescribed dose of 6 Gy to a flat surface using PHITS Monte Carlo code to achieve the clinical goal of brachytherapy ...

Treatment Planning and Optimization in High-dose-rate Brachytherapy

High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy is typically used for the treatment of lung, esophagus, breast, bronchus, and prostate cancer as well as gynecological ...

Dose optimization in high-dose-rate brachytherapy - ResearchGate

Request PDF | Dose optimization in high-dose-rate brachytherapy: A literature review of quantitative models from 1990 to 2010 | High-dose-rate brachytherapy ...

Treatment Planning and Optimization in High-dose-rate Brachytherapy

Abstract High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy is typically used for the treatment of lung, esophagus, breast, bronchus, and prostate cancer as well as ...

Optimization in brachytherapy | IAEA

While HDR brachytherapy may offer advantages such as more practical procedures with outpatient treatment, increased opportunities to optimize the absorbed dose ...

Optimization methods for high dose rate brachytherapy treatment ...

Abstract (summary): Optimization approaches for treatment planning in two novel high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy techniques, direction-modulation ...

Dose optimization of intra-operative high dose rate interstitial ...

Geometrically optimized plans had dose points defined between the catheters, while dose-point optimized plans had dose points defined at a plane perpendicular ...