. Intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) is susceptible to uncertainties in patient setup and proton range. Robust optimization is employed in IMPT treatment planning to ensure sufficient coverage of the clinical target volume (CTV) in predefined ...
INTRODUCTION: Head and neck cancers are the seventh most common globally, with lymph node metastasis (LNM) being a critical prognostic factor, significantly reducing survival rates. Traditional imaging methods have limitations in accurately diagnosin...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Nov 6, 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To describe the clinical commissioning of an in-house artificial intelligence (AI) treatment planning platform for head-and-neck (HN) Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT).
BACKGROUND: Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) presents a significant challenge in oncology due to its inherent heterogeneity. Traditional staging systems, such as TNM (Tumor, Node, Metastasis), provide limited information regarding patien...
PURPOSE: To compare the quality of deep learning image reconstructed (DLIR) virtual monochromatic images (VMI) and material density (MD) iodine images from dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) for the evaluation of head and neck neoplasms with CT s...
Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
Oct 18, 2024
Several studies report the benefits and accuracy of using autosegmentation for organ at risk (OAR) outlining in radiotherapy treatment planning. Typically, evaluations focus on accuracy metrics, and other parameters such as perceived utility and safe...
Medical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists
Oct 10, 2024
PURPOSE: Head and Neck (H&N) cancer accounts for 3% of cancer cases in the United States. Precise tumor segmentation in H&N is of utmost importance for treatment planning and administering personalized treatment dose. We aimed to develop an automatic...
. Previous methods for robustness evaluation rely on dose calculation for a number of uncertainty scenarios, which either fails to provide statistical meaning when the number is too small (e.g., ∼8) or becomes unfeasible in daily clinical practice wh...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Sep 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This study evaluates deep learning (DL) based dose prediction methods in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients using two types of input contours.
Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery
Sep 14, 2024
OBJECTIVE: Machine learning has been effective in other areas of medicine, this study aims to investigate this with regards to HNC and identify which algorithm works best to classify malignant patients.
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