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ESTRO IMRT course 2015
IMRT optimization: algorithms&cost functions
Brussels October 5th, 2015
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Dose
Volume
D
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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
tissue sparing, or
add more beams.
Push DVH
as a whole
Control of a Target DVH by Two
One-Sided Quadratic Penalties