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A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Optimization Model for Capturing Expert Planning Style in Interstitial Low Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy
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Low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy is a minimally invasive form of radiation therapy, used to treat prostate cancer, and it involves permanent implantation of radioactive sources (seeds) inside of the prostate gland. Treatment planning in brachytherapy involves a decision making process for the...
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Evaluation of the Advanced Collapsed-cone Engine for High Dose Rate Ir-192 GYN and Scalp Brachytherapy
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Standard treatment planning in brachytherapy (BT) uses the well-accepted TG-43 dose calculation formalism, which does not account for tissue or material heterogeneities. However, recent developments in BT have led to commercial treatment planning systems (TPSs) using model based dose calculation...