Physics Athens 2016

Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

= advanced form of 3D-CRT = use of NON-uniform radiation beam fluence profiles to better shape the dose distribution in the target and OAR

rotational treatments = further development of the IMRT concept

Introduction optimization = dialogue of coverage vs. constraints

Brahme et al. •

First paper on ‘IMRT’ 1982

Inverse planning

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