Artificial intelligence in radiotherapy treatment planning: present and future

C Wang, X Zhu, JC Hong… - Technology in cancer …, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Treatment planning is an essential step of the radiotherapy workflow. It has become more
sophisticated over the past couple of decades with the help of computer science, enabling …

Automation in intensity modulated radiotherapy treatment planning—a review of recent innovations

M Hussein, BJM Heijmen, D Verellen… - The British journal of …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Radiotherapy treatment planning of complex radiotherapy techniques, such as intensity
modulated radiotherapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy, is a resource-intensive …

iCycle: Integrated, multicriterial beam angle, and profile optimization for generation of coplanar and noncoplanar IMRT plans

S Breedveld, PRM Storchi, PWJ Voet… - Medical …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To introduce iCycle, a novel algorithm for integrated, multicriterial optimization of
beam angles, and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) profiles. Methods: A multicriterial …

Artificial Intelligence in magnetic Resonance guided Radiotherapy: Medical and physical considerations on state of art and future perspectives

D Cusumano, L Boldrini, J Dhont, C Fiorino, O Green… - Physica medica, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Over the last years, technological innovation in Radiotherapy (RT) led to the introduction of
Magnetic Resonance-guided RT (MRgRT) systems. Due to the higher soft tissue contrast …

Improved planning time and plan quality through multicriteria optimization for intensity-modulated radiotherapy

DL Craft, TS Hong, HA Shih, TR Bortfeld - International Journal of …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To test whether multicriteria optimization (MCO) can reduce treatment planning
time and improve plan quality in intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). METHODS AND …

Multi-criteria optimization and decision-making in radiotherapy

S Breedveld, D Craft, R Van Haveren… - European Journal of …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Radiotherapy (radiation therapy) is one of the main treatments for cancer. The aim is to
deliver a prescribed radiation dose to the tumor, while kee** the unavoidable dose to the …

Toward fully automated multicriterial plan generation: a prospective clinical study

PWJ Voet, MLP Dirkx, S Breedveld, D Fransen… - International Journal of …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To prospectively compare plans generated with iCycle, an in-house-developed
algorithm for fully automated multicriterial intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) …

A DVH‐guided IMRT optimization algorithm for automatic treatment planning and adaptive radiotherapy replanning

M Zarepisheh, T Long, N Li, Z Tian… - Medical …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To develop a novel algorithm that incorporates prior treatment knowledge into
intensity modulated radiation therapy optimization to facilitate automatic treatment planning …

Comparison of VMAT and IMRT strategies for cervical cancer patients using automated planning

AWM Sharfo, PWJ Voet, S Breedveld… - Radiotherapy and …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Background and purpose In a published study on cervical cancer, 5-beam IMRT was inferior
to single arc VMAT. Here we compare 9, 12, and 20 beam IMRT with single and dual arc …

The equivalence of multi-criteria methods for radiotherapy plan optimization

S Breedveld, PRM Storchi… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2009‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Several methods can be used to achieve multi-criteria optimization of radiation therapy
treatment planning, which strive for Pareto-optimality. The property of the solution being …