Course book Advanced Treatment Planning 2018

How DVH cost functions are calculated

Dose ( Gy ) in voxel i

PTV: MinDVH d=75Gy vol=99%

Cost . . .

. . .

1. Sort voxels by dose 2. MinDVH: select highest 99% of voxels 3. Compute and add costs

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99 %

Sum

1 %

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