AIMC Topic: Radiotherapy Dosage

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Automated robotic-assisted patient positioning method and dosimetric impact analysis for boron neutron capture therapy.

Scientific reports
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) represents a revolutionary approach in targeted radiation treatment for cancer. While the therapy's potential in precise targeting is well-recognized, a critical bottleneck remains in the accurate positioning of p...

Machine learning in image-based outcome prediction after radiotherapy: A review.

Journal of applied clinical medical physics
The integration of machine learning (ML) with radiotherapy has emerged as a pivotal innovation in outcome prediction, bringing novel insights amid unique challenges. This review comprehensively examines the current scope of ML applications in various...

Attention 3D UNET for dose distribution prediction of high-dose-rate brachytherapy of cervical cancer: Intracavitary applicators.

Journal of applied clinical medical physics
BACKGROUND: Formulating a clinically acceptable plan within the time-constrained clinical setting of brachytherapy poses challenges to clinicians. Deep learning based dose prediction methods have shown favorable solutions for enhancing efficiency, bu...

Deep learning prediction of scenario doses for direct plan robustness evaluations in IMPT for head-and-neck.

Physics in medicine and biology
. 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 ...

Clinical commissioning and introduction of an in-house artificial intelligence (AI) platform for automated head and neck intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment planning.

Journal of applied clinical medical physics
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).

Assessment of pencil beam scanning proton therapy beam delivery accuracy through machine learning and log file analysis.

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: Comprehensive Quality Assurance (QA) protocols are necessary for complex beam delivery systems like Pencil Beam Scanning (PBS) proton therapy. This study focuses on automating the evaluation of beam delivery accuracy using irradiation log fi...

Transformer-Integrated Hybrid Convolutional Neural Network for Dose Prediction in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Radiotherapy.

Journal of imaging informatics in medicine
Radiotherapy is recognized as the major treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Rapid and accurate dose prediction can improve the efficiency of the treatment planning process and the quality of radiotherapy plans. Currently, deep learning-based metho...

Clinical target volume (CTV) automatic delineation using deep learning network for cervical cancer radiotherapy: A study with external validation.

Journal of applied clinical medical physics
PURPOSE: To explore the accuracy and feasibility of a proposed deep learning (DL) algorithm for clinical target volume (CTV) delineation in cervical cancer radiotherapy and evaluate whether it can perform well in external cervical cancer and endometr...

Deep Learning-Based Synthetic Computed Tomography for Low-Field Brain Magnetic Resonance-Guided Radiation Therapy.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
PURPOSE: Magnetic resonance (MR)-guided radiation therapy enables online adaptation to address intra- and interfractional changes. To address the need of high-fidelity synthetic computed tomography (synCT) required for dose calculation, we developed ...