Information theoretic inverse planning technique for radiation treatment
US7369645B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N5/1031
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for fast inverse planning of IMRT treatment plans is disclosed. The method relies on a computationally efficient algorithm for evaluating the gradient of a general class of objective functions, and also on the efficient optimization that is realized due to the directional conjugacy of the objective functions. Several types of clinically relevant objective functions that belong to this class are described. The computational evaluation relies on operations that are commonly used for signal- and image-processing, and so can benefit from a number of well-known acceleration techniques.
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