Docentföreläsning: Overview of radiation treatment planning optimisation
by
Iuliana Dasu(Stockholm University, Department of Physics)
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Europe/Stockholm
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Description
The aim of radiation therapy is to eradicate the tumour cells while sparing the normal tissues nearby.
This is achieved in practice by devising complex treatment plans that aim to deliver the intended radiation dose to the target while limiting the irradiation of other tissues. The search for treatment plans that allow the achievement of this goal is one of the main tasks of the medical radiation physicist working in radiotherapy. It is a complex process that has to take into account the many variables that intervene in clinical radiotherapy and the physical aspects of radiation interaction in matter. This lecture will review the optimisation approaches used for treatment planning, from relatively simple dose prescription approaches to complex probabilities of effect.
