Browsing by Subject "treatment planning"
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A Deep-Learning Method of Automatic VMAT Planning via MLC Dynamic Sequence Prediction (AVP-DSP) Using 3D Dose Prediction: A Feasibility Study of Prostate Radiotherapy Application
(2020)Introduction: VMAT treatment planning requires time-consuming DVH-based inverse optimization process, which impedes its application in time-sensitive situations. This work aims to develop a deep-learning based algorithm, ... -
A Deep-Learning-based Multi-segment VMAT Plan Generation Algorithm from Patient Anatomy for Prostate Simultaneous Integrated Boost (SIB) Cases
(2021)Introduction: Several studies have realized fluence-map-prediction-based DL IMRT planning algorithms. However, DL-based VMAT planning remains unsolved. A main difficult in DL-based VMAT planning is how to generate leaf sequences ... -
An Ensemble Approach to Knowledge-Based Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Planning.
(Frontiers in oncology, 2018-01)Knowledge-based planning (KBP) utilizes experienced planners' knowledge embedded in prior plans to estimate optimal achievable dose volume histogram (DVH) of new cases. In the regression-based KBP framework, previously planned ... -
Automated Generation of Radiotherapy Treatment Plans Using Machine Learning Methods
(2021)With the development of medical linear accelerator technologies, the precision and complexity of external beam radiation therapy have increased tremendously over the years. The goal of radiation therapy has always been to ... -
Fluence Map Prediction Using Deep Learning Models - Direct Plan Generation for Pancreas Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy.
(Frontiers in artificial intelligence, 2020-01)Purpose: Treatment planning for pancreas stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a difficult and time-consuming task. In this study, we aim to develop a novel deep learning framework to generate clinical-quality plans ... -
Goal-Driven Beam Setting Optimization for Whole-Breast Radiation Therapy.
(Technology in cancer research & treatment, 2019-01)PURPOSE:To develop an automated optimization program to generate optimal beam settings for whole-breast radiation therapy driven by clinically oriented goals. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Forty patients were retrospectively included ... -
Knowledge-Based IMRT Treatment Planning for Bilateral Head and Neck Cancer
(2013)Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) remains the standard of care for external beam radiation therapy for head and neck cancers. Planning for IMRT requires a trial-and-error approach that is completely dependent on planner ... -
Retrospective Dosimetric Analysis of Occurrence of Radiation Pneumonitis
(2021)Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate the impact of dosimetric parameters in treatment planning and dose discrepancies from patient inter-fractional motion on the high radiation pneumonitis (RP) occurrence rate in breast ... -
Using Knowledge-Based Models to Teach Complex Lung IMRT Planning
(2019)Knowledge-based treatment planning models are commonly built from straightforward principles and utilize experience that it is able to learn from previous high-quality plans. This knowledge can be harnessed by having an ...