An Efficient Method for Improving the Dose-Volume-Based Optimization Plan Quality

Dose-volume (DV)-based objectives are widely used in most intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment planning, because numerous DV endpoints have been utilized. In clinical practice, DV-based optimization (DVO) with uniform or random initial intensity distributions is utilized, but without cons...

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Published in:IEEE Access
Main Authors: Caiping Guo, Pengcheng Zhang, Zhiguo Gui, Huazhong Shu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7903671/