Optimal partial-arcs in VMAT treatment planning
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Optimal partial-arcs in VMAT treatment planning.
We present a method for improving the delivery efficiency of VMAT by extending the recently published VMAT treatment planning algorithm vmerge to automatically generate optimal partial-arc plans. A high-quality initial plan is created by solving a convex multicriteria optimization problem using 180 equi-spaced beams. This initial plan is used to form a set of dose constraints, and a set of part...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physics in Medicine and Biology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0031-9155,1361-6560
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/18/5861