Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
May 18, 2024
PURPOSE: Deep learning can automate delineation in radiation therapy, reducing time and variability. Yet, its efficacy varies across different institutions, scanners, or settings, emphasizing the need for adaptable and robust models in clinical envir...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
May 10, 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We performed this systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the performance of ML in detecting genetic mutation status in NSCLC patients.
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Apr 4, 2024
BACKGROUND: Pneumonitis is a well-described, potentially disabling, or fatal adverse effect associated with both immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and thoracic radiotherapy. Accurate differentiation between checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP) rad...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Mar 12, 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To develop a computed tomography (CT)-based deep learning model to predict overall survival (OS) among small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients and identify patients who could benefit from prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) ...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Mar 2, 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Studies investigating the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the field of radiotherapy exhibit substantial variations in terms of quality. The goal of this study was to assess the amount of transparency and bias in...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Feb 24, 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Motion management is essential to reduce normal tissue exposure and maintain adequate tumor dose in lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Lung SBRT using an articulated robotic arm allows dynamic tracking during rad...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Jan 18, 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Survival is frequently assessed using Cox proportional hazards (CPH) regression; however, CPH may be too simplistic as it assumes a linear relationship between covariables and the outcome. Alternative, non-linear machine learn...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Dec 19, 2023
PURPOSE: Accurate and comprehensive segmentation of cardiac substructures is crucial for minimizing the risk of radiation-induced heart disease in lung cancer radiotherapy. We sought to develop and validate deep learning-based auto-segmentation model...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Dec 12, 2023
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MRI-only planning relies on dosimetrically accurate synthetic-CT (sCT) generation to allow dose calculation. Here we validated the dosimetric accuracy of sCTs generated using a deep learning algorithm for pelvic, brain and hea...