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 …

Development of the open‐source dose calculation and optimization toolkit matRad

HP Wieser, E Cisternas, N Wahl, S Ulrich… - Medical …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose We report on the development of the open‐source cross‐platform radiation
treatment planning toolkit matRad and its comparison against validated treatment planning …

OpenKBP: the open‐access knowledge‐based planning grand challenge and dataset

A Babier, B Zhang, R Mahmood, KL Moore… - Medical …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To advance fair and consistent comparisons of dose prediction methods for
knowledge‐based planning (KBP) in radiation therapy research. Methods We hosted …

Optimization in treatment planning of high dose‐rate brachytherapy—Review and analysis of mathematical models

B Morén, T Larsson, ÅC Tedgren - Medical Physics, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Treatment planning in high dose‐rate brachytherapy has traditionally been conducted with
manual forward planning, but inverse planning is today increasingly used in clinical practice …

Projection‐domain scatter correction for cone beam computed tomography using a residual convolutional neural network

Y Nomura, Q Xu, H Shirato, S Shimizu… - Medical physics, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Scatter is a major factor degrading the image quality of cone beam computed
tomography (CBCT). Conventional scatter correction strategies require handcrafted …

[HTML][HTML] Data for TROTS–the radiotherapy optimisation test set

S Breedveld, B Heijmen - Data in brief, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Radiotherapy Optimisation Test Set (TROTS) is an extensive set of problems
originating from radiotherapy (radiation therapy) treatment planning. This dataset is created …

Integrated MRI‐guided proton therapy planning: accounting for the full MRI field in a perpendicular system

LN Burigo, BM Oborn - Medical physics, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To present a first study on the treatment planning feasibility in perpendicular field
MRI‐integrated proton therapy that considers the full transport of protons from the pencil …

Multi-objective optimization of radiotherapy: distributed Q-learning and agent-based simulation

A Jalalimanesh, HS Haghighi, A Ahmadi… - … of Experimental & …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Radiotherapy (RT) is among the regular techniques for the treatment of cancerous tumours.
Many of cancer patients are treated by this manner. Treatment planning is the most …

[HTML][HTML] Dictionary-based protoacoustic dose map imaging for proton range verification

C Freijo, JL Herraiz, D Sanchez-Parcerisa, JM Udias - Photoacoustics, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Proton radiotherapy has the potential to provide state-of-the-art dose conformality in the
tumor area, reducing possible adverse effects on surrounding organs at risk. However …

MultiRBE: Treatment planning for protons with selective radiobiological effectiveness

D Sánchez‐Parcerisa, M López‐Aguirre… - Medical …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Clinical treatment planning protocols for protons recommend a uniform value
radiobiological effectiveness (RBE) of protons of 1.1 throughout the treatment field, despite …