Treatment Planning Considerations Using IMRT

Introduction ...........................................................103 IMRT or 3DCRT? ...................................................105 The MSKCC IMRT Planning Process....................107 Patient Selection • Patient Simulation And Structure Localization • Selection Of Beam Energy, Number, And Direction • Optimization • Conversion Of Intensity Profiles To Leaf Motion • Forward Dose Calculation And Plan Evaluation • IMRT Plan Documentation And QA Controlling Dose Distributions Designed Using Inverse Planning: Optimization Algorithm Performance .......................................................115 Optimization Parameters • Beam Selection • “Optimization Only” Structures Summary................................................................118 References ..............................................................119 Margie A. Hunt Chandra M. Burman