調LET

Fariha Kabir Torsha1, Gino Lim1, Hadis Moazami Goudarzi1

  • 1Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.

まとめ

小児脳腫瘍に対する強度調節プロトン療法 (IMPT) の堅実な最適化は,標的のカバーを保証するが,線形エネルギー伝送 (LET) を低下させる. LETの最適化は LETの配分を改善しますが,プランの堅実性を損なうので,重要なトレードオフを強調します.

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