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Beyond The Dvh - Spatial And Biological Radiotherapy Treatment Planning, Bo Zhao
Beyond The Dvh - Spatial And Biological Radiotherapy Treatment Planning, Bo Zhao
Wayne State University Dissertations
Purpose: Both spatial and biological information are necessary in order to perform true optimization of a treatment plan and for predicting clinical outcome. The goal of this work is to develop an enhanced treatment plan evaluation tool which incorporates biological parameters and retains spatial dose information.
Methods: A software system named SABER (Spatial And Biological Evaluation for Radiotherapy) is developed which provides biological plan evaluation with a novel combination of features. It incorporates hyperradiosensitivity using the induced-repair model and applies the new concept of Dose Convolution Filter (DCF) to simulate dose wash-out …