IMRT

What are typical treatment goals?

Target goal: achieve a sufficient target dose Normal tissue goals: do not exceed acceptable doses in N organs Conformality goal: target dose should be conformal , spare generic normal tissue

no large or excessive hot spots in the target

Homogeneity goal:

ESTRO IMRT course 2015 IMRT optimization: algorithms&cost functions Brussels October 5th, 2015

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