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Cost function
The cost function is universal for RT planning and
independent of the plan.
If it is IMRT or VMAT the cost function may be the same.
You have the same aim for your plan.
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Setting up your IMRT plan
Number of beams
Beam orientation
Following influence the
optimisation time and plan
modulation:
Total number of segments
Minimum segment area
Minimum segment MU
Minimum leaf pairs
Minimum leaf separation
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