Beamlet and energy layer reduction in IMPT by sparsity induced optimisation
Anne-Fleur Janssen (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Sebastiaan Breedveld – Mentor (Erasmus MC)
Marleen Keijzer – Mentor (TU Delft - Mathematical Physics)
Danny Lathouwers – Mentor (TU Delft - RST/Reactor Physics and Nuclear Materials)
Dion Gijswijt – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Discrete Mathematics and Optimization)
Zoltan Perko – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - RST/Reactor Physics and Nuclear Materials)
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Abstract
In Intensity Modified Proton Therapy, the number of energy layers and the number of beamlets determine the radiation time and the plan calculation time. The purpose of this research project is to test sparsity inducing terms to reduce both the energy layers and the beamlets.