Utilizing Problem Structure in Optimization of Radiation Therapy

In this thesis, optimization approaches for intensity-modulated radiation therapy are de- veloped and evaluated with focus on numerical e ...

Utilizing Problem Structure in Optimization of Radiation Therapy. Author: Fredrik Carlsson. Academic advisor: Professor Anders Forsgren. School: Division of ...

Utilizing Problem Structure in Optimization of Radiation Therapy

Abstract [en]. Optimization is of vital importance when performing intensity modulated radiation therapy to treat cancer tumors. The ...

Utilizing Problem Structure in Optimization of Radiation Therapy - KTH

The idea is to find regular solutions by utilizing a sequential quadratic programming method that is able to find near-optimal solutions with non-jagged fluence ...

A Convex Optimization Approach to Radiation Treatment Planning ...

These formulations incorporate linear bounds on the dose to each structure. Solutions can be rapidly found using various interior point methods, such as pri-.

Optimization of beam angles for intensity modulated radiation ... - NCBI

Planning intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment involves selection of several angle parameters as well as specification of structures and ...

Optimization of radiation therapy - CCoM

Not following the folklore. • Better idea: Utilize problem structure. SCOD14. A. Forsgren: Optimization of radiation therapy. 14 / 56 ...

8.3.3 Radiation Therapy - Video 2: An Optimization Problem

Comments ; 8.3.5 Radiation Therapy - Video 3: Solving the Problem. MIT OpenCourseWare · 860 views ; INFORMS HAS: Optimization in radiotherapy: ...

The equivalence of multi-criteria methods for radiotherapy plan ...

... optimization of radiation therapy treatment planning, which ... By using the Lagrange multipliers, a weighted-sum optimization problem ...

Radiation therapy treatment plan optimization

We will discuss optimization problems dealing with the design of effective ... is using a gantry-mounted radiation source generating a rectangular beam ...

Metaheuristic Algorithm for Constrained Optimization in Radiation ...

solve this problem, and their parameters are optimized using the Taguchi ... "Automated Radiation. Therapy Treatment Planning Using Meta-Optimization.

Multi-criteria optimization and decision-making in radiotherapy

Radiotherapy treatment plan optimization strives to find machine parameters that result in desirable treatment plans. This is a large scale ...

OPTIMIZATION IN RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING - cs.wisc.edu

radiosurgery treatment planning optimization problem using a large-scale mixed integer programming. ... There may be more than one sensitive structure in a ...

Treatment plan optimization using linear programming - Rosen - 1991

Linear programming is a versatile mathematical tool for optimizing radiation therapy treatment plans. For planning purposes, dose constraint points ...

Treatment Optimization Using Physical and Radiobiological ...

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Optimization Problems in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning.

This thesis studies four problems in radiation therapy treatment plan optimization and proposes a heuristic solution methodology for solving these problems.

Robust Optimization for Prostate Radiation Therapy: Assessment of ...

In corrected treatment scenarios, both planning approaches resulted in a mean (standard deviation) CTV D99 difference of 0.1 Gy (0.1 Gy). In the not corrected ...

Clinical implementation of wedge filter optimization in three ...

Conclusions: A 3D wedge filter optimization algorithm has been developed. The technique has the potential to fully automate the 3D radiotherapy treatment ...

Comparing Optimization Methods for Radiation Therapy Patient ...

In the RT patient scheduling problem, the aim is to schedule RT treatments for a set of patients, given a set of linacs, for a certain planning ...

Efficient Radiation Treatment Planning based on Voxel Importance

Objective. Optimization is a time-consuming part of radiation treatment planning. We propose to reduce the optimization problem by only using a ...