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A quantum computing approach to beam angle optimization

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Nimita Shinde *
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Ya-Nan Zhu
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Haozheng Shen
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Hao Gao *
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Beam angle optimization (BAO) is a critical component of radiation therapy (RT) treatment planning, where small changes in beam configuration can significantly impact treatment quality, especially for proton RT. Mathematically, BAO is a mixed integer programming (MIP) problem, which is NP-hard due to its exponential growing search space. Traditional optimization techniques often struggle with computational efficiency, necessitating the development of novel approaches.
Keywords:
beam angle optimization
mixed integer programming
quantum optimization

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Medical Physics cover
Medical Physics
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university of texas southwestern medical center
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230
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Harbin Institute of Technology
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