Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Direct computation of the “step-and-shoot” IMRT plan

  • Conference paper
The Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy

  • 30 Accesses

Abstract

A new approach for the IMRT using “step-and-shoot” MLC delivery method is presented. Leaf positions and the irradiation times of subfields are optimized directly without computation of intensity distributions over treatment fields. The output of the process is a simple and ready IMRT plan.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Byrd R H, Lu P, Nocedal J and Zhu C 1995 A limited memory algorithm for bound constrained optimization SIAM J. Scientific Computing 16 1190 – 1208

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Censor Y, Altschuler M D and Powlis W D 1988 On the use of Cimmino’s simultaneous projections method for computing a solution of the inverse problem in radiotherapy treatment planning Inverse Problems 4 607–23

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Censor Y and Zenios S A 1997 Parallel Optimization: Theory, Algorithms and Applications (New York: Oxford University Press)

    Google Scholar 

  4. Pinter J D 1996 Global Optimization in Action, Continuous and Lipschitz Optimization: Algorithms, Implementations and Applications (Dordrecht - Boston - London: Kluwer Academic Publishers)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Rogers D W O, Faddegon B A, Ding G X, Ma C-A and We J 1995 BEAM: A Monte Carlo code to simulate radiotherapy treatment units Med. Phys. 22 505 – 24

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Tervo J and Kolmonen P 1998 Data fitting model for the kernel of integral operator from radiation therapy Mathl. Comput. Modelling 28 59 – 77

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Applied Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

    Pekka Kolmonen & Kai Jaatinen

  2. Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

    Jouko Tervo

  3. Department of Oncology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

    Tapani Lahtinen

Authors
  1. Pekka Kolmonen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Jouko Tervo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Kai Jaatinen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Tapani Lahtinen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Abteilung E0400, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Wolfgang Schlegel  & Thomas Bortfeld  & 

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2000 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Kolmonen, P., Tervo, J., Jaatinen, K., Lahtinen, T. (2000). Direct computation of the “step-and-shoot” IMRT plan. In: Schlegel, W., Bortfeld, T. (eds) The Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59758-9_13

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59758-9_13

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-67176-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-59758-9

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation