Parallel generation of pareto optimal radiotherapy plans

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions for radiotherapy treatment planning, wherein the instructions, when executed with a computing machine, cause the computing machine to:

• obtain a radiotherapy problem for providing radiotherapy treatment to a human subject from a radiotherapy treatment machine, the radiotherapy problem being a multicriteria optimization problem that is adjustable via a plurality of parameters;
• perform treatment planning optimization for delivery of the radiotherapy treatment, the treatment planning optimization comprising:
• identifying parameterized linear programming equations from the radiotherapy problem;
• converting the parameterized linear programming equations for execution by parallel processing hardware;
• and
• solving a plurality of the converted parameterized linear programming equations in parallel on the parallel processing hardware, to produce a plurality of solutions to the radiotherapy problem corresponding to the plurality of parameters that define the radiotherapy problem;
• and
• generate treatment plan data based on at least one of the plurality of solutions, wherein the treatment plan data is used to generate a radiation therapy treatment plan.

A computing system configured for radiotherapy treatment planning, the system comprising:

• one or more memory devices to store data of a radiotherapy problem for providing radiotherapy treatment to a human subject from a radiotherapy treatment machine, the radiotherapy problem being a multicriteria optimization problem that is adjustable via a plurality of parameters;
• and
• one or more processors configured to perform operations to:
• perform treatment planning optimization for delivery of the radiotherapy treatment, the treatment planning optimization including operations to:
• identify parameterized linear programming equations from the radiotherapy problem;
• convert the parameterized linear programming equations for execution by parallel processing hardware;
• and
• solve a plurality of the converted parameterized linear programming equations in parallel on the parallel processing hardware, to produce a plurality of solutions to the radiotherapy problem corresponding to the plurality of parameters that define the radiotherapy problem;
• and
• generate treatment plan data based on at least one of the plurality of solutions,
• wherein the treatment plan data is used to generate a radiation therapy treatment plan.