Treatment planning of intensity modulated proton therapy by using sparsity inducement for spot selection

In intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT), patients are irradiated with small spots, that deliver a local dose to the tumor. The number of possible spots to choose from is virtually infinite, but practically limited, which requires a spot selection. This spot selection should result in an optimal treatment plan, i.e., to deliver a sufficient...

Shortest Path Optimisation of the CyberKnife treatment in Radiotherapy

In the history of medicine, different treatments for cancer have been developed, such as radiotherapy, surgery and chemotherapy. However, nowadays more than 50% of the people diagnosed with cancer, undergo a radiotherapy treatment. One of the devices used for the treatment is the CyberKnife: a robotic radiodurgery system that can move around the...