IMRT Course 2016

The best physical dose distribution depends strongly

on the patient geometry, the plan setup and the treatment

machine

s capabilities.

What may be easy for one patient may be infeasible for another.

Therefore, IMRT treatment planning

means exploring the

limits of physics

for each patient. The big decisions still

So, why optimization?

ESTRO IMRT course 2016

IMRT optimization: algorithms&cost functions

London April 4th, 2016

-10-

have to be made by the experts.