Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Apr 18, 2022
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S): Precise segmentation of clinical target volumes (CTV) in breast cancer is indispensable for state-of-the art radiotherapy. Despite international guidelines, significant intra- and interobserver variability exists, negatively imp...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Mar 26, 2022
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Geometric information such as distance information is essential for dose calculations in radiotherapy. However, state-of-the-art dose prediction methods use only binary masks without distance information. This study aims to de...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Mar 25, 2022
PURPOSE: Dose computation using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images is inaccurate for the purpose of adaptive treatment planning. The main goal of this study is to assess the dosimetric accuracy of synthetic computed tomography (CT)-based cal...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a lung stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) treatment plan with the target of a newly predicted internal target volume (ITV) and the feasibility of its clinical application. ITV was ...
PURPOSE: Image guidance is used to improve the accuracy of radiation therapy delivery but results in increased dose to patients. This is of particular concern in children who need be treated per Pediatric Image Gently Protocols due to long-term risks...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Mar 9, 2022
PURPOSE: To develop a 3D-Unet dose prediction model to predict the three-dimensional dose distribution of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for cervical cancer and test the dose prediction performance of the model in endometrial cancer to explo...
PURPOSE: This study aims to develop a deep learning method that skips the time-consuming inverse optimization process for automatic generation of machine-deliverable intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) plans.
BACKGROUND: Radiation treatment is considered an effective and the most common treatment option for prostate cancer. The treatment planning process requires accurate and precise segmentation of the prostate and organs at risk (OARs), which is laborio...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Feb 18, 2022
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To develop a novel deep learning algorithm of sequential analysis, Seq2Seq, for predicting weekly anatomical changes of lung tumor and esophagus during definitive radiotherapy, incorporate the potential tumor shrinkage into a ...