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 …

Recent advances in radiation therapy and photodynamic therapy

LM Chong, DJH Tng, LLY Tan, MLK Chua… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In the past 100 years, external beam energy for the treatment of cancer has continually
evolved. Two main modes have been developed. The first is radiotherapy which involves …

[BUCH][B] Khan's Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology:.

FM Khan, PW Sperduto, JP Gibbons - 2021 - books.google.com
Offering comprehensive coverage of the clinical, physical, and technical aspects of radiation
treatment planning, Khan's Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology, Fifth Edition …

Knowledge‐based prediction of three‐dimensional dose distributions for external beam radiotherapy

S Shiraishi, KL Moore - Medical physics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To demonstrate knowledge‐based 3D dose prediction for external beam
radiotherapy. Methods: Using previously treated plans as training data, an artificial neural …

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 …

Deep learning dose prediction for IMRT of esophageal cancer: the effect of data quality and quantity on model performance

AM Barragán-Montero, M Thomas, G Defraene… - Physica Medica, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the effect of data quality and quantity on the performance of deep
learning (DL) models, for dose prediction of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) of …

A broad scope knowledge based model for optimization of VMAT in esophageal cancer: validation and assessment of plan quality among different treatment centers

A Fogliata, G Nicolini, A Clivio, E Vanetti, S Laksar… - Radiation …, 2015 - Springer
Background To evaluate the performance of a broad scope model-based optimisation
process for volumetric modulated arc therapy applied to esophageal cancer. Methods and …

Optimization approaches to volumetric modulated arc therapy planning

J Unkelbach, T Bortfeld, D Craft, M Alber… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) has found widespread clinical application in
recent years. A large number of treatment planning studies have evaluated the potential for …

Using overlap volume histogram and IMRT plan data to guide and automate VMAT planning: a head‐and‐neck case study

B Wu, D Pang, P Simari, R Taylor, G Sanguineti… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To investigate whether an overlap volume histogram (OVH)‐driven planning
application using an intensity‐modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) database can guide and …

Shared data for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) optimization research: the CORT dataset

D Craft, M Bangert, T Long, D Papp, J Unkelbach - GigaScience, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background: We provide common datasets (which we call the CORT dataset: common
optimization for radiation therapy) that researchers can use when develo** and …