Mixed integer programming improves comprehensibility and plan quality in inverse optimization of prostate HDR brachytherapy
BL Gorissen, D Den Hertog… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Current inverse treatment planning methods that optimize both catheter positions and dwell
times in prostate HDR brachytherapy use surrogate linear or quadratic objective functions …
times in prostate HDR brachytherapy use surrogate linear or quadratic objective functions …
A linear programming model for optimizing HDR brachytherapy dose distributions with respect to mean dose in the DVH‐tail
Purpose: Recent research has shown that the optimization model hitherto used in high‐dose‐
rate (HDR) brachytherapy corresponds weakly to the dosimetric indices used to evaluate the …
rate (HDR) brachytherapy corresponds weakly to the dosimetric indices used to evaluate the …
Fast and insightful bi-objective optimization for prostate cancer treatment planning with high-dose-rate brachytherapy
Purpose: Prostate high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) planning involves determining
the movement that a high-strength radiation stepping source travels through the patient's …
the movement that a high-strength radiation stepping source travels through the patient's …
Dwell time modulation restrictions do not necessarily improve treatment plan quality for prostate HDR brachytherapy
Inverse planning algorithms for dwell time optimisation in interstitial high-dose-rate (HDR)
brachytherapy may produce solutions with large dwell time variations within catheters, which …
brachytherapy may produce solutions with large dwell time variations within catheters, which …
Improving the quality, efficiency and robustness of radiation therapy planning and delivery through mathematical optimization
M Balvert - 2017 - research.tilburguniversity.edu
Radiation therapy is an established cancer treatment which exploits ionizing radiation to
harm tumourous cells. As radiation can pass through healthy tissue to reach the tumour, this …
harm tumourous cells. As radiation can pass through healthy tissue to reach the tumour, this …