An efficient inverse radiotherapy planning method for VMAT using quadratic programming optimization

• Published in: Medical physics (Lancaster) Vol. 39; no. 1; p. 444
• Main Authors: Hoegele, W, Loeschel, R, Merkle, N, Zygmanski, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2012
• Subjects: Computer Simulation; Humans; Models, Biological; Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Radiometry - methods; Radiotherapy Dosage; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods; Radiotherapy, Conformal - methods

The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of an inverse planning optimization approach for the Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) based on quadratic programming and the projection method. The performance of this method is evaluated against a reference commercial planning syste...