AIMC Topic: Radiotherapy Dosage

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In vivo EPID-based daily treatment error identification for volumetric-modulated arc therapy in head and neck cancers with a hierarchical convolutional neural network: a feasibility study.

Physical and engineering sciences in medicine
We proposed a deep learning approach to classify various error types in daily VMAT treatment of head and neck cancer patients based on EPID dosimetry, which could provide additional information to support clinical decisions for adaptive planning. 146...

A deep learning-based method for the prediction of temporal lobe injury in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
PURPOSE: To establish a deep learning-based model to predict radiotherapy-induced temporal lobe injury (TLI).

An artificial neural network based approach for predicting the proton beam spot dosimetric characteristics of a pencil beam scanning technique.

Biomedical physics & engineering express
Utilising Machine Learning (ML) models to predict dosimetric parameters in pencil beam scanning proton therapy presents a promising and practical approach. The study developed Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models to predict proton beam spot size an...

Deep learning-based optimization of field geometry for total marrow irradiation delivered with volumetric modulated arc therapy.

Medical physics
BACKGROUND: Total marrow (lymphoid) irradiation (TMI/TMLI) is a radiotherapy treatment used to selectively target the bone marrow and lymph nodes in conditioning regimens for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. A complex field geometr...

Predicting treatment plan approval probability for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of cervical cancer using adversarial deep learning.

Physics in medicine and biology
Predicting the probability of having the plan approved by the physician is important for automatic treatment planning. Driven by the mathematical foundation of deep learning that can use a deep neural network to represent functions accurately and fle...

Dose-Incorporated Deep Ensemble Learning for Improving Brain Metastasis Stereotactic Radiosurgery Outcome Prediction.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
PURPOSE: To develop a novel deep ensemble learning model for accurate prediction of brain metastasis (BM) local control outcomes after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).

Aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty extraction of patient-specific deep learning-based dose predictions in LDR prostate brachytherapy.

Physics in medicine and biology
In brachytherapy, deep learning (DL) algorithms have shown the capability of predicting 3D dose volumes. The reliability and accuracy of such methodologies remain under scrutiny for prospective clinical applications. This study aims to establish fast...

Deep-Learning for Rapid Estimation of the Out-of-Field Dose in External Beam Photon Radiation Therapy - A Proof of Concept.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
PURPOSE: The dose deposited outside of the treatment field during external photon beam radiation therapy treatment, also known as out-of-field dose, is the subject of extensive study as it may be associated with a higher risk of developing a second c...

Multi-center Dose Prediction Using Attention-aware Deep learning Algorithm Based on Transformers for Cervical Cancer Radiotherapy.

Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
AIMS: Accurate dose delivery is crucial for cervical cancer volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). We aimed to develop a robust deep-learning (DL) algorithm for fast and accurate dose prediction of cervical cancer VMAT in multicenter datasets and t...

Prospective validation of a machine learning model for applicator and hybrid interstitial needle selection in high-dose-rate (HDR) cervical brachytherapy.

Brachytherapy
PURPOSE: To Demonstrate the clinical validation of a machine learning (ML) model for applicator and interstitial needle prediction in gynecologic brachytherapy through a prospective clinical study in a single institution.