IMRT

Control of a Target DVH by Two One-Sided Quadratic Penalties

Golden Rule: The overall target dose homogeneity cannot be influenced by target dose penalties alone. If the target dose is not homogenous enough, either reduce normal

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tissue sparing, or add more beams.

Push DVH as a whole

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

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