PURPOSE: The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the clinical applicability of a commercial artificial intelligence-driven deep learning auto-segmentation (DLAS) tool on enhanced iterative cone beam computed tomography (iCBCT) acquisitions ...
PURPOSE: To improve the workflow of total marrow and lymphoid irradiation (TMLI) by enhancing the delineation of organs at risk (OARs) and clinical target volume (CTV) using deep learning (DL) and atlas-based (AB) segmentation models.
BACKGROUND: In boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)-a form of binary radiotherapy-the primary challenge in treatment planning systems for dose calculations arises from the time-consuming nature of the Monte Carlo (MC) method. Recent progress, includi...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jan 25, 2024
PURPOSE: Non-Contrast Enhanced CT (NCECT) is normally required for proton dose calculation while Contrast Enhanced CT (CECT) is often scanned for tumor and organ delineation. Possible tissue motion between these two CTs raises dosimetry uncertainties...
. Prior to radiation therapy planning, accurate delineation of gross tumour volume (GTVs) and organs at risk (OARs) is crucial. In the current clinical practice, tumour delineation is performed manually by radiation oncologists, which is time-consumi...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jan 23, 2024
PURPOSE: Artificial intelligence (AI) based commercial software can be used to automatically delineate organs at risk (OAR), with potential for efficiency savings in the radiotherapy treatment planning pathway, and reduction of inter- and intra-obser...
Journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Jan 22, 2024
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE S: Due to manual OAR contouring challenges, various automatic contouring solutions have been introduced. Historically, common clinical auto-segmentation algorithms used were atlas-based, which required maintaining a library of self-...
. Deep learning models, such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), can take full dose comparison images as input and have shown promising results for error identification during treatment. Clinically, complex scenarios should be considered, with t...
The advantage of proton therapy as compared to photon therapy stems from the Bragg peak effect, which allows protons to deposit most of their energy directly at the tumor while sparing healthy tissue. However, even with such benefits, proton therapy ...
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
Dec 29, 2023
PURPOSE: Implementing artificial intelligence technologies allows for the accurate prediction of radiation therapy dose distributions, enhancing treatment planning efficiency. However, esophageal cancers present unique challenges because of tumor com...