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  • Medical Physics
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Computational Biology

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  • Inverse optimization is crucial for precise radiation delivery in external beam radiotherapy.
  • Current methods often rely on dose-volume (DV) based objective functions.
  • Exploring alternative optimization strategies is essential for improving treatment efficacy and reducing toxicity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and formulate energy minimization-based inverse optimization for external beam radiotherapy.
  • To compare this novel approach with the conventional dose-volume based method.
  • To evaluate the dosimetric differences using a digital phantom model.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the mathematical formulation for energy minimization-based inverse optimization.
  • Compared energy minimization with dose-volume based objective functions.
  • Performed inverse optimization on a digital phantom with a target and varying density regions, using two beams.

Main Results:

  • Energy minimization-based optimization resulted in higher maximum doses to dose-limiting structures.
  • Conversely, dose-volume based optimization led to larger average and integral doses in regions outside the target.
  • Dose-volume histograms revealed distinct dosimetric profiles between the two optimization methods.

Conclusions:

  • Energy minimization-based inverse optimization provides a viable alternative to standard dose-volume optimization.
  • While potentially increasing maximum doses to critical structures, it significantly reduces overall average and integral doses.
  • This approach may offer improved normal tissue sparing in radiotherapy planning.