An approach for practical multiobjective IMRT treatment planning
An approach for practical multiobjective IMRT treatment planning
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.019
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发表时间:
2007-12-01
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7
通讯作者:
Bortfeld, Thomas
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作者:
Craft, David;Halabi, Tarek;Bortfeld, Thomas
Purpose: To introduce and demonstrate a practical multiobjective treatment planning procedure for intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning.Methods and Materials: The creation of a database of Pareto optimal treatment plans proceeds in two steps. The first step solves an optimization problem that finds a single treatment plan which is close to a set of clinical aspirations. This plan provides an example of what is feasible, and is then used to determine mutually satisfiable hard constraints for the subsequent generation of the plan database. All optimizations are done using linear programming.Results: The two-step procedure is applied to a brain, a prostate, and a lung case. The plan databases created allow for the selection of a final treatment plan based on the observed tradeoffs between the various organs involved.Conclusions: The proposed method reduces the human iteration time common in IMRT treatment planning. Additionally, the database of plans, when properly viewed, allows the decision maker to make an informed final plan selection. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc.