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3-D dose-volume compensation using nonlinear least-squares regression technique. 1991

K J Weeks, and M R Sontag
Duke University Medical Center, Division of Radiation Oncology, Durham, North Carolina 27710.

A method for external beam dose-volume optimization is presented. The Gauss-Marquardt nonlinear least-squares regression technique is applied to compensator design and determination. The dose distribution (uniform or otherwise) desired throughout a volume is specified. Compensators optimized to produce the necessary variation of beam intensity across the surface of each beam are simultaneously determined for all the beams. Solutions for homogeneous dose, homogeneous target dose, and restricted dose to exterior target volume structures, and inhomogeneous target dose cases are presented. Dependence of the results on the number of parameters as well as the role of degree of desirability weighting is explained and illustrated via examples. Discussion of the significance and limitations of this optimization method is also presented.

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D011879 Radiotherapy Dosage The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy. Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages
D011880 Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted Computer-assisted mathematical calculations of beam angles, intensities of radiation, and duration of irradiation in radiotherapy. Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy Planning,Dosimetry Calculations, Computer-Assisted,Planning, Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy,Calculation, Computer-Assisted Dosimetry,Calculations, Computer-Assisted Dosimetry,Computer Assisted Radiotherapy Planning,Computer-Assisted Dosimetry Calculation,Computer-Assisted Dosimetry Calculations,Dosimetry Calculation, Computer-Assisted,Dosimetry Calculations, Computer Assisted,Planning, Computer Assisted Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Planning, Computer Assisted
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016018 Least-Squares Analysis A principle of estimation in which the estimates of a set of parameters in a statistical model are those quantities minimizing the sum of squared differences between the observed values of a dependent variable and the values predicted by the model. Rietveld Refinement,Analysis, Least-Squares,Least Squares,Analyses, Least-Squares,Analysis, Least Squares,Least Squares Analysis,Least-Squares Analyses,Refinement, Rietveld

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