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AssigneeVarian Medical Systems International AG
InventorsJanne I. Nord, Jarkko Y. Peltola, Juha Kauppinen
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A radiation-treatment plan that comprises a plurality of dose-delivery fractions can be optimized by using fraction dose objectives and at least one other, different dose objective. This use of fraction dose objectives can comprise accumulating doses delivered in previous dose-delivery fractions. The other, different dose objective can comprise a remaining total dose objective, a predictive dose objective, or some other dose objective of choice. An existing radiation-treatment plan having a corresponding resultant quality and that is defined, at least in part, by at least one delivery parameter can be re-optimized by specifying at least one constraint as regards that delivery parameter as a function, at least in part, of that resultant quality and then applying that constraint when re-optimizing the existing radiation-treatment plan.
A method to facilitate optimizing a radiation-treatment plan comprised of a plurality of dose-delivery fractions, the method comprising:
An apparatus to facilitate optimizing a radiation-treatment plan comprised of a plurality of dose-delivery fractions, the apparatus comprising:
A method to facilitate re-optimizing an existing radiation-treatment plan having a corresponding resultant quality and defined, at least in part, by at least one delivery parameter, the method comprising:
An apparatus to facilitate re-optimizing an existing radiation-treatment plan having a corresponding resultant quality and defined, at least in part, by at least one delivery parameter, the apparatus comprising:
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