Lei Xing
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Dose-volume based ranking of incident beam direction and its utility in facilitating IMRT beam placement.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005; (2): 584-93
Beam orientation optimization in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is computationally intensive, and various single beam ranking techniques have been proposed to reduce the search space. Up to this point, none of the existing ranking techniques considers the clinically important dose-volume effects of the involved structures, which may lead to clinically irrelevant angular ranking. The purpose of this work is to develop a clinically sensible angular ranking model with incorporation of dose-volume effects and to show its utility for IMRT beam placement.
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