摘要 |
Systems and methods for providing an optimal treatment plan for delivering a prescribed radiation dose to a predefined target volume within a patient using an external beam radiation delivery unit are provided. One such method comprises: (1) receiving information related to the prescribed radiation dose, the predefined target volume, and parameters associated with the external beam delivery unit, (2) developing a treatment plan optimization model based on a plurality of variables corresponding to the information which define a global system, and (3) outputting an optimal treatment plan based on the treatment plan optimization model and the information. |