Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Jan 19, 2025
PURPOSE: We provide for the first time a comprehensive situational diagnosis and propose an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted nationwide plan of implementation, attending the most urgent needs.
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Jan 9, 2025
PURPOSE: This study aims to develop a robust, large-scale deep learning model for medical image segmentation, leveraging self-supervised learning to overcome the limitations of supervised learning and data variability in clinical settings.
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Jan 9, 2025
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Few studies have examined the factors associated with xerostomia during proton and carbon ion radiotherapy for head and neck cancer (HNC), which are reported to have fewer toxic effects compared to traditional photon-based rad...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Dec 27, 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Accurate segmentation of the clinical target volume (CTV) is essential to deliver an effective radiation dose to tumor tissues in cervical cancer radiotherapy. Also, although automated CTV segmentation can reduce oncologists' ...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Dec 19, 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Knowledge-based planning (KBP) can consistently and efficiently create high-quality Volumetric Arc Therapy (VMAT) plans for cervix cancer. This study describes the cross-validation of two KBP models on geographically distinct ...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Dec 19, 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Atypical meningiomas are prevalent intracranial tumors with varied prognoses and recurrence rates. The role of adjuvant radiotherapy (ART) in atypical meningiomas remains debated. This study aimed to develop and validate a pro...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Dec 13, 2024
BACKGROUND & PURPOSE: Deep learning (DL) based auto-segmentation has shown to be beneficial for online adaptive radiotherapy (OART). However, auto-segmentation of clinical target volumes (CTV) is complex, as clinical interpretations are crucial in th...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Dec 6, 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Fast, high-quality deep learning (DL) prediction of patient-specific 3D dose distributions can enable instantaneous treatment planning (IP), in which the treating physician can evaluate the dose and approve the plan immediatel...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Dec 5, 2024
PURPOSE: To develop and validate a prognostic and predictive model integrating deep learning MRI features and clinical information in patients with stage II nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) to identify patients with a low risk of progression for whom i...