Balancing control and simplicity: a variable aggregation method in intensity modulated radiation therapy planning

  • It is commonly believed that not all degrees of freedom are needed to produce good solutions for the treatment planning problem in intensity modulated radiotherapy treatment (IMRT). However, typical methods to exploit this fact have either increased the complexity of the optimization problem or were heuristic in nature. In this work we introduce a technique based on adaptively refining variable clusters to successively attain better treatment plans. The approach creates approximate solutions based on smaller models that may get arbitrarily close to the optimal solution. Although the method is illustrated using a specific treatment planning model, the components constituting the variable clustering and the adaptive refinement are independent of the particular optimization problem.

Download full text files

Export metadata

Additional Services

Search Google Scholar
Metadaten
Author:Ph. Süss, K.-H. Küfer
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-15234
Series (Serial Number):Berichte des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik (ITWM Report) (103)
Document Type:Report
Language of publication:English
Year of Completion:2006
Year of first Publication:2006
Publishing Institution:Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik
Date of the Publication (Server):2008/05/19
Tag:intensity modulated; radiation therapy planning; variable aggregation method
Faculties / Organisational entities:Fraunhofer (ITWM)
DDC-Cassification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 510 Mathematik
Licence (German):Standard gemäß KLUEDO-Leitlinien vor dem 27.05.2011