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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2011
Xiaodong Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
Xiaoning Pan, Houston, TX (US);
Yupeng LI, Houston, TX (US);
Xiaoqiang LI, Houston, TX (US);
Radhe Mohan, Houston, TX (US);
Xiaodong Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
Xiaoning Pan, Houston, TX (US);
Yupeng Li, Houston, TX (US);
Xiaoqiang Li, Houston, TX (US);
Radhe Mohan, Houston, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
This patent generally relates to developing treatment plans for use in external beam radiation therapy, and more particularly to a method, a system and a computer readable media that contains programming for the development of external beam radiation therapy treatment plans. Embodiments of the invention include (1) automatically setting beam angles based on a beam angle automation algorithm, (2) judiciously designing planning structures and (3) automatically adjusting the objectives of the objective function based on a parameter automation algorithm.