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@ARTICLE{Borys:302266,
author = {D. Borys and J. Gajewski and T. Becher$^*$ and Y. Censor
and R. Kopec and M. Rydygier and A. Schiavi and T. Skóra
and A. Spaleniak and N. Wahl$^*$ and A. Wochnik and A.
Rucinski},
title = {{GPU}-accelerated {FRED}opt package for simultaneous dose
and {LET}dproton radiotherapy plan optimization via
superiorization methods.},
journal = {Physics in medicine and biology},
volume = {70},
number = {15},
issn = {0031-9155},
address = {Bristol},
publisher = {IOP Publ.},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-01292},
pages = {155011},
year = {2025},
note = {70(15), 155011},
abstract = {This study presents FREDopt, a newly developed
GPU-accelerated open-source optimization software for
simultaneous proton dose and dose-averaged LET (LETd)
optimization in IMPT treatment planning. FREDopt was
implemented entirely in Python, leveraging CuPy for GPU
acceleration and incorporating fast Monte Carlo (MC)
simulations from the FRED code. The treatment plan
optimization workflow includes pre-optimization and
optimization, the latter equipped with a novel
superiorization of feasibility-seeking algorithms.
Feasibility-seeking requires finding a point that satisfies
prescribed constraints. Superiorization interlaces
computational perturbations into iterative
feasibility-seeking steps to steer them toward a superior
feasible point, replacing the need for costly full-fledged
constrained optimization. The method was validated on two
treatment plans of patients treated in a clinical proton
therapy center, with dose and LETd distributions compared
before and after reoptimization. Simultaneous dose and LETd
optimization using FREDopt led to a substantial reduction of
LETd and (dose)×(LETd) in organs at risk (OARs) while
preserving target dose conformity. Computational performance
evaluation showed execution times of 14-50 minutes,
depending on the algorithm and target volume
size-satisfactory for clinical and research applications
while enabling further development of the well-tested,
documented open-source software.},
keywords = {feasibility seeking (Other) / linear energy transfer (LET)
(Other) / proton therapy (Other) / radiation therapy (Other)
/ superiorization (Other) / treatment plan optimization
(Other)},
cin = {E040},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)E040-20160331},
pnm = {315 - Bildgebung und Radioonkologie (POF4-315)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-315},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40562074},
doi = {10.1088/1361-6560/ade841},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/302266},
}