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Radiation therapy treatment planning
Main steps in the Radiation Treatment Planning process
1. Define treatment volumes / risk organs
2. Define
constraints and objectives
3. Calculate dose distribution by
IMRT optimiser
4. Plan evaluation
Successful radiotherapy may require a
non-uniform
dose
distribution within the target (tumor).
Exploration of IMRT dose sub-distributions on the way
Imaging main source of information for subvolumes
ICRU 83