Automation in intensity modulated radiotherapy treatment planning—a review of recent innovations

M Hussein, BJM Heijmen, D Verellen… - The British journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Radiotherapy treatment planning of complex radiotherapy techniques, such as intensity
modulated radiotherapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy, is a resource-intensive …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure of the heart in lung cancer radiation therapy: A systematic review of heart doses published during 2013 to 2020

M Kearney, M Keys, C Faivre-Finn, Z Wang… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Lung cancer radiotherapy increases the risk of cardiotoxicity and
heart radiation dose is an independent predictor of poor survival. This study describes heart …

Template-based automation of treatment planning in advanced radiotherapy: a comprehensive dosimetric and clinical evaluation

S Cilla, A Ianiro, C Romano, F Deodato, G Macchia… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Despite the recent advanced developments in radiation therapy planning, treatment
planning for head-neck and pelvic cancers remains challenging due to large concave target …

Fully automated, multi-criterial planning for Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy–An international multi-center validation for prostate cancer

B Heijmen, P Voet, D Fransen, J Penninkhof… - Radiotherapy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Reported plan quality improvements with autoplanning of
radiotherapy of the prostate and seminal vesicles are poor. A system for automated multi …

[HTML][HTML] Automated planning for prostate stereotactic body radiation therapy on the 1.5 T MR-Linac

S Naccarato, M Rigo, R Pellegrini, P Voet… - Advances in radiation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Adaptive stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for prostate cancer (PC) by the
1.5 T MR-linac currently requires online planning by an expert user. A fully automated and …

Evaluation of fully automated a priori MCO treatment planning in VMAT for head-and-neck cancer

MC Biston, M Costea, F Gassa, AA Serre, P Voet… - Physica Medica, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Automated planning techniques aim to reduce manual planning time and inter-
operator variability without compromising the plan quality which is particularly challenging …

Planning comparison of five automated treatment planning solutions for locally advanced head and neck cancer

J Krayenbuehl, M Zamburlini, S Ghandour… - Radiation …, 2018 - Springer
Background Automated treatment planning and/or optimization systems (ATPS) are in the
process of broad clinical implementation aiming at reducing inter-planner variability …

Improving knowledge-based treatment planning for lung cancer radiotherapy with automatic multi-criteria optimized training plans

K Fjellanger, M Hordnes, IM Sandvik, TH Sulen… - Acta …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Knowledge-based planning (KBP) is a method for automated radiotherapy
treatment planning where appropriate optimization objectives for new patients are predicted …

Automated instead of manual treatment planning? A plan comparison based on dose-volume statistics and clinical preference

B Vanderstraeten, B Goddeeris… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Automated planning aims to speed up treatment planning and improve plan quality.
We compared manual planning with automated planning for lung stereotactic body radiation …

Patient selection, inter-fraction plan robustness and reduction of toxicity risk with deep inspiration breath hold in intensity-modulated radiotherapy of locally advanced …

K Fjellanger, L Rossi, BJM Heijmen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background State-of-the-art radiotherapy of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-
NSCLC) is performed with intensity-modulation during free breathing (FB). Previous studies …