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Yunlong Liu¹, Ryan T Flynn², Yusung Kim²

¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, 4016 Seamans Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52242.

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The asymmetric dose-volume optimization with smoothness control (ADOS) method efficiently generates high-quality rotating-shield brachytherapy (RSBT) plans. ADOS-L2 offers a better balance of plan quality and optimization time compared to other methods.

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Medical Physics
Radiation Oncology
Brachytherapy

Background:

Rotating-shield brachytherapy (RSBT) requires complex fluence maps for efficient treatment delivery.
Optimizing RSBT plans is crucial for maintaining treatment quality while reducing delivery time.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate an efficient RSBT dose optimization method for producing smooth fluence maps.
To improve delivery efficiency in RSBT without compromising plan quality.

Main Methods:

The asymmetric dose-volume optimization with smoothness control (ADOS) method was proposed, incorporating L1 or L2 norm for fluence map smoothness.
ADOS anchor plans were compared with dose-surface optimization (DSO) and inverse-planning with simulated annealing (IPSA) methods.
Single-shielded RSBT (S-RSBT) and dynamic-shielded RSBT (D-RSBT) delivery plans were evaluated under various time constraints.

Main Results:

ADOS achieved comparable HR-CTV D90 values to IPSA, with significantly faster optimization times (77s vs 1800s).
ADOS-L2 demonstrated a better balance between plan quality and optimization efficiency compared to ADOS-L1.
D-RSBT plans generated using ADOS anchor plans showed improved D90 values compared to S-RSBT and other methods.

Conclusions:

The ADOS method provides a reasonable optimization time and comparable RSBT dose plans to IPSA.
ADOS generates anchor plans more suitable for RSBT delivery, preserving high plan quality.
ADOS-L2 is more efficient in achieving high-quality anchor plans compared to ADOS-L1.