Design of stochastic numerical solver for the solution of singular three-point second-order boundary value problems

Z Sabir, D Baleanu, M Shoaib, MAZ Raja - Neural Computing and …, 2021‏ - Springer
In this paper, a novel meta-heuristic computing solver is presented for solving the singular
three-point second-order boundary value problems using artificial neural networks (ANNs) …

An orthogonal matching pursuit optimization method for solving minimum‐monitor‐unit problems: applications to proton IMPT, ARC and FLASH

YN Zhu, X Zhang, Y Lin, C Lominska, H Gao - Medical physics, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background The intensities (ie, number of protons in monitor unit [MU]) of deliverable proton
spots need to be either zero or meet a minimum‐MU (MMU) threshold, which is a nonconvex …

An automated planning strategy for near real-time adaptive proton therapy in prostate cancer

T Jagt, S Breedveld, R Van Haveren… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Proton therapy plans are very sensitive to anatomical changes such as density changes
along the pencil-beam paths and changes in organ shape and location. Previously, we …

[HTML][HTML] Data for TROTS–the radiotherapy optimisation test set

S Breedveld, B Heijmen - Data in brief, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Radiotherapy Optimisation Test Set (TROTS) is an extensive set of problems
originating from radiotherapy (radiation therapy) treatment planning. This dataset is created …

Shortening delivery times for intensity-modulated proton therapy by reducing the number of proton spots: an experimental verification

S Van De Water, MF Belosi, F Albertini… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Delivery times of intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) can be shortened by reducing
the number of spots in the treatment plan, but this may affect clinical plan delivery. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Fast and fully-automated multi-criterial treatment planning for adaptive HDR brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer

M Oud, IK Kolkman-Deurloo, JW Mens… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Purpose To develop and evaluate a fast, automated multi-criterial treatment planning
approach for adaptive high-dose-rate (HDR) intracavitary+ interstitial brachytherapy (BT) for …

Interior point methods can exploit structure of convex piecewise linear functions with application in radiation therapy

BL Gorissen - SIAM Journal on Optimization, 2022‏ - SIAM
Auxiliary variables are often used to model a convex piecewise linear function in the
framework of linear optimization. This work shows that such variables yield a block diagonal …

Fast automated multi-criteria planning for HDR brachytherapy explored for prostate cancer

S Breedveld, ABA Bennan, S Aluwini… - Physics in medicine …, 2019‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We developed a fast and fully-automated, multi-criteria treatment planning workflow for high
dose rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT). In this workflow, the patient-CT with catheter …

Fully automated treatment planning for MLC‐based robotic radiotherapy

BWK Schipaanboord, MK Giżyńska, L Rossi… - Medical …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To propose and validate a fully automated multicriterial treatment planning solution
for a CyberKnife® equipped with an InCiseTM 2 multileaf collimator. Methods The AUTO …

[HTML][HTML] Online-adaptive versus robust IMPT for prostate cancer: How much can we gain?

TZ Jagt, S Breedveld, R van Haveren… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Background/purpose Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) is highly sensitive to
anatomical variations which can cause inadequate target coverage during treatment …