Instantaneous closed loop control of the radiative transfer equations with applications in radiotherapy

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Erscheinungsjahr:
2012
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Schlagworte:
  • Radiotherapy
  • Intensity-Modulated
  • Radiation
  • Monitor units
  • Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
  • Radiotherapy
  • Intensity-Modulated
  • Radiation
  • Monitor units
  • Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
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  • In this paper we consider a time-dependent Boltzmann equation for particle transport in biological tissues, which can be used for radiation dose calculation. We assume that the dose should be delivered to a target volume which moves over time. We formulate this as an optimal control problem and derive closed-loop control laws for the dose delivery problem using boundary and distributed control. Optimality conditions are derived. For the construction of the closed-loop control laws we use an inexact variant of model predictive control called instantaneous control. We compare numerical results obtained with instantaneous control to those obtained by optimal open-loop control, and present numerical simulations in one and two spatial dimensions. This work could be applied to image-guided radiation therapy, where patient motion during treatment is one of the future challenges.
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  • info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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Forschungsinformationssystem der UHH

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