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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Radiat Oncol. 2020 Apr;30(2):187–193. doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2019.12.003

Figure 2:

Figure 2:

A standard dose distribution of a clinically applied radiation treatment plan (left), and an example of an optimized radiation plan applying the (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) ALARA principle (right), demonstrating that sparing of LOAR is feasible without compromising dose coverage of the target volume or increasing dose to OARs important in clinical radiotherapy planning.