Automated radiotherapy treatment planning

KL Moore - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
The “treatment planning” component of managing a radiotherapy patient currently consumes
hours, even days, of human effort. The time and workforce demands of the current planning …

Machine learning in radiation oncology: opportunities, requirements, and needs

M Feng, G Valdes, N Dixit, TD Solberg - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Machine learning (ML) has the potential to revolutionize the field of radiation oncology, but
there is much work to be done. In this article, we approach the radiotherapy process from a …

Radiation dose-volume-response relationships for adverse events in childhood cancer survivors: Introduction to the scientific issues in PENTEC

SM Bentzen, IR Vogelius, D Hodgson, R Howell… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
At its very core, radiation oncology involves a trade-off between the benefits and risks of
exposing tumors and normal tissue to relatively high doses of ionizing radiation. This trade …

Evaluation of auto‐planning in IMRT and VMAT for head and neck cancer

Z Ouyang, Z Liu Shen, E Murray, M Kolar… - Journal of applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purposes of this work are to (a) investigate whether the use of auto‐planning
and multiple iterations improves quality of head and neck (HN) radiotherapy plans;(b) …

Prospective assessment of sparing the parotid ducts via MRI sialography for reducing patient reported xerostomia

DV Fried, T Zhu, SK Das, C Shen, LB Marks… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the impact of prospectively sparing the parotid ducts via MRI sialography
on patient reported xerostomia for those receiving definitive radiotherapy (RT) for …

Analysis of prostate intensity‐ and volumetric‐modulated arc radiation therapy planning quality with PlanIQTM

M Sasaki, Y Nakaguuchi, T Kamomae… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of treatment planning using the
PlanIQTM software and to investigate whether it is possible to improve the quality of …

Evaluation of plan quality improvements in PlanIQ-guided Autoplanning

B Perumal, HE Sundaresan… - Reports of Practical …, 2019 - journals.viamedica.pl
Aim Philips recently integrated PlanIQ with Autoplan® in Pinnacle 3 TPS (V16. 2). The
objective of the present work is to quantitatively demonstrate how this integration improves …

A comparison of two methodologies for radiotherapy treatment plan optimization and QA for clinical trials

H Geng, T Giaddui, C Cheng, H Zhong… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose The efficacy of clinical trials and the outcome of patient treatment
are dependent on the quality assurance (QA) of radiation therapy (RT) plans. There are two …

Combining deep-inspiration breath hold and intensity-modulated radiotherapy for gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma: Dosimetric evaluation using …

SH Choi, SH Park, JJB Lee, JG Baek, JS Kim… - Radiation Oncology, 2019 - Springer
Background Although there have been many attempts to increase the therapeutic ratio of
radiotherapy for gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALToma), only a …

Using feasibility dose–volume histograms to reduce intercampus plan quality variability for head‐and‐neck cancer

S Ahmed, CW Liu, D LaHurd, E Murray… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this work is to objectively assess variability of intercampus plan quality for
head‐and‐neck (HN) cancer and to test utility of a priori feasibility dose–volume histograms …