State Planning for Radiation Control

A method for standardizing intensity modulated radiation therapy planning optimization for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Background: To investigate a method for standardizing intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) optimization for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), in order to reduce the influence of subjective factors. Materials and Methods: This study is based on example IMRT plans for NPC, which were randomly divided into data acquisition and data verification groups. Organs at risk (OARs) were analyzed for...

Comparison of state-of-the-art atlas-based bone segmentation approaches from brain MR images for MR-only radiation planning and PET/MR attenuation correction

Introduction: Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging has emerged as a valuable tool in radiation treatment (RT) planning as well as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging owing to its superior soft-tissue contrast. Due to the fact that there is no direct transformation from voxel intensity in MR images into electron density, itchr('39')s crucial to generate a pseudo-CT (Computed Tomography) image ...

Methodology for Quality Control of Treatment Planning Systems for Use in Radiation Teletherapy

Radiation oncology requires appropriate planning of both target volume and location. The correct calculation of the target volume as well as the precise location of critical anatomic structures is vitally important to ensure the success of treatment. Treatment planning systems (TPS) are used in radiation teletherapy to simulate the projection of the field, its shape and the distribution of the ...

Discrete Optimization Problems for Radiation Therapy Planning

A well-studied problem in intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is the representation of a given intensity matrix, i.e. a matrix of nonnegative integers, as a nonnegative linear combination of special 0-1-matrices, called segments. These segments can be practically realized by multileaf collimators (MLC). One important aim is the minimization of the sum of the coefficients of the linear ...

Neuro-Dynamic Programming for Radiation Treatment Planning