This thesis addresses one essential problem of radiation therapy: setup error, organ movement along with other inevitable sources of uncertainty can significantly degrade the tumor control probability or increase the risk of complications. Based on the workflow of the treatment planning process, this thesis introduces a new approach for dose optimization and evaluation. The core of this work is an entirely new concept for uncertainty management. The key idea is to quantitatively incorporate the fact that different uncertainty realizations entail different treatment outcomes. In essence, the merit of a treatment plan is no longer quantified by a nominal value but by a treatment outcome distribution. This distribution, reflecting all possibl...
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt ein Verfahren zur Berücksichtigung von Organbewegungen in der Best...
Adaptive radiation therapy is an evolving cancer treatment approach which relies on adapting the tre...
External-beam radiotherapy is one of the primary methods for treating cancer. Typically a radiothera...
In the context of patient care for life-threatening illnesses, the presence of uncertainty may compr...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Operations Resea...
The clinical goal of radiation therapy is to maximize tumor cell killing while minimizing toxic effe...
Cancer is a common cause of death worldwide with radiotherapy as one of the most used treatments. Ra...
Traditionally, uncertainties are handled by expanding the irradiated volume to ensure target dose co...
Es wird ein Optimierungskonzept vorgestellt, das durch die Einbeziehung der zeitlichen geometrischen...
Abstract All radiation therapy treatment planning relies on accurate dose calculation. Uncertainties...
Most existing intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) optimization methods assume that the shap...
Es wird ein Optimierungskonzept vorgestellt, das - durch die Einbeziehung der zeitlichen geometrisch...
Uncertainties degrade outcomes from decision-making models. In intensity modulated radiation therapy...
This is the version of the article before peer review or editing, as submitted by an author to Physi...
Radiotherapy is one of the methods used to treat cancer. One common approach for radiotherapy is exp...
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt ein Verfahren zur Berücksichtigung von Organbewegungen in der Best...
Adaptive radiation therapy is an evolving cancer treatment approach which relies on adapting the tre...
External-beam radiotherapy is one of the primary methods for treating cancer. Typically a radiothera...
In the context of patient care for life-threatening illnesses, the presence of uncertainty may compr...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Operations Resea...
The clinical goal of radiation therapy is to maximize tumor cell killing while minimizing toxic effe...
Cancer is a common cause of death worldwide with radiotherapy as one of the most used treatments. Ra...
Traditionally, uncertainties are handled by expanding the irradiated volume to ensure target dose co...
Es wird ein Optimierungskonzept vorgestellt, das durch die Einbeziehung der zeitlichen geometrischen...
Abstract All radiation therapy treatment planning relies on accurate dose calculation. Uncertainties...
Most existing intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) optimization methods assume that the shap...
Es wird ein Optimierungskonzept vorgestellt, das - durch die Einbeziehung der zeitlichen geometrisch...
Uncertainties degrade outcomes from decision-making models. In intensity modulated radiation therapy...
This is the version of the article before peer review or editing, as submitted by an author to Physi...
Radiotherapy is one of the methods used to treat cancer. One common approach for radiotherapy is exp...
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt ein Verfahren zur Berücksichtigung von Organbewegungen in der Best...
Adaptive radiation therapy is an evolving cancer treatment approach which relies on adapting the tre...
External-beam radiotherapy is one of the primary methods for treating cancer. Typically a radiothera...