Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
Intensity modulated radiotherapy treatment (IMRT) design is the process of choosing how beams of radiation will travel through a cancer patient to treat the disease, and although optimization techniques have been suggested since the 1960s, they are still not widely used. Instead, the vast majority of treatment plans are designed by clinicians through trial-and-error. Modern treatment facilities have the technology to treat patients with extremely complicated plans, and designing plans that take full advantage of the technology is tedious. The increased technology found in modern treatment facilities makes the use of optimization paramount in the design of successful treatment plans. The goals of this work are to 1) present a concise description of the linear models that are under current investigation, 2) develop the analysis certificates that these models allow, and 3) foreshadow future research avenues.
Editor
Margaret L. Brandeau, François Sainfort, William P. Pierskalla
Identifier
10.1007/1-4020-8066-2_29
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
City
Boston
ISBN
9781402076299
Repository Citation
Holder, A. (2004). Radiotherapy treatment design and linear programming. In M.L. Brandeau, F. Sainfort, & W.P. Pierskalla (Eds.), International Series in Operations Research & Management Science: Vol. 70. Operations Research and Health Care (pp. 741-774). Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Publication Information
International Series in Operations Research & Management Science: Operations Research and Health Care