Deep learning method for predicting weekly anatomical changes in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma during radiotherapy.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients may undergo anatomical changes during radiotherapy, leading to an underdosing of the target or overdosing of the organs at risk (OARs).

Authors

  • Bining Yang
    National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
  • Yuxiang Liu
    National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China; School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
  • Ran Wei
  • Kuo Men
    State Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials for Smart Sensing, GRINM Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 100088, China.
  • Jianrong Dai
    National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.