Paper Info
Title
Inverse radiotherapy treatment planning for intensity-modulated beams using the linear programming method
Abstract
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy treatment (IMRT) has shown a better protection for organs at risk than conventional radiotherapy treatment in most cases. However, existing systems based on anytime optimizing schemes such as gradient search or simulated annealing are limited by the combinatorial complexity of the underlying search problem. Therefore, an inverse planning system entirely based on linear programming has been developed and implemented. Our system incorporates a number of improvements to achieve practicality of the linear programming approach. The main benefits of this system are (1) very short response time and (2) completeness properties of the optimization process. Our system MIPART (Munich Inverse Planning and Radiotherapy Treatment) has been integrated into a clinical environment and has been evaluated by oncologists and physicists.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1016/S0531-5131(01)00066-8
International Congress Series
Keywords
Field
DocType
Inverse treatment planning,IMRT,Linear programming,Radiation therapy
Simulated annealing,Inverse,Mathematical optimization,Combinatorial complexity,Radiotherapy treatment planning,Response time,Linear programming,Search problem,Completeness (order theory),Mathematics
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
1230
0531-5131
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M. Hilbig100.34
R. Hanne200.34
P. Kneschaurek300.68
Jan J Wilkens400.68
F. Zimmermann500.34
A. Schweikard631.89