[Prediction of three-dimensional dose distribution in intensity-modulated radiation therapy based on neural network learning].

Journal: Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To establish the association between the geometric anatomical characteristics of the patients and the corresponding three-dimensional (3D) dose distribution of radiotherapy plan via feed-forward back-propagation neural network for clinical prediction of the plan dosimetric features.

Authors

  • Fan-Tu Kong
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. E-mail: mralonekft@163.com.
  • Yan-Hua Mai
  • Meng-Ke Qi
  • Ai-Qian Wu
  • Fu-Tong Guo
  • Qi-Yuan Jia
  • Yong-Bao Li
  • Ting Song
  • Ling-Hong Zhou