[HTML][HTML] What is plan quality in radiotherapy? The importance of evaluating dose metrics, complexity, and robustness of treatment plans

V Hernandez, CR Hansen, L Widesott, A Bäck… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Plan evaluation is a key step in the radiotherapy treatment workflow. Central to this step is
the assessment of treatment plan quality. Hence, it is important to agree on what we mean …

Complexity metrics for IMRT and VMAT plans: a review of current literature and applications

S Chiavassa, I Bessieres, M Edouard… - The British journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Modulated radiotherapy with multileaf collimators is widely used to improve target conformity
and normal tissue sparing. This introduced an additional degree of complexity, studied by …

A mathematical framework for virtual IMRT QA using machine learning

G Valdes, R Scheuermann, CY Hung… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: It is common practice to perform patient‐specific pretreatment verifications to the
clinical delivery of IMRT. This process can be time‐consuming and not altogether instructive …

Predicting gamma passing rates for portal dosimetry‐based IMRT QA using machine learning

D Lam, X Zhang, H Li, Y Deshan, B Schott… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Intensity‐modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) quality assurance (QA)
measurements are routinely performed prior to treatment delivery to verify dose calculation …

Use of metrics to quantify IMRT and VMAT treatment plan complexity: a systematic review and perspectives

M Antoine, F Ralite, C Soustiel, T Marsac, P Sargos… - Physica Medica, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Fixed-field intensity modulated radiation therapy (FF-IMRT) or volumetric
modulated arc therapy (VMAT) beams complexity is due to fluence fluctuation. Pre-treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of complexity metrics for multi-institutional evaluations of treatment plans in radiotherapy

V Hernandez, J Saez, M Pasler… - Physics and Imaging in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background and purpose It is known that intensity-modulated radiotherapy plans that are
highly complex might be less accurate in dose calculation and treatment delivery. Multiple …

Predicting VMAT patient-specific QA results using a support vector classifier trained on treatment plan characteristics and linac QC metrics

DA Granville, JG Sutherland, JG Belec… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The use of treatment plan characteristics to predict patient-specific quality assurance (QA)
measurement results has recently been reported as a strategy to help facilitate automated …

Treatment plan complexity does not predict IROC Houston anthropomorphic head and neck phantom performance

MC Glenn, V Hernandez, J Saez… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Previous works indicate that intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and volumetric
modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans that are highly complex may produce more errors in …

[HTML][HTML] Application and comparison of machine learning models for predicting quality assurance outcomes in radiation therapy treatment planning

PDH Wall, JD Fontenot - Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate machine learning models for
predicting quality assurance (QA) outcomes of volumetric modulated arc radiation therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Plan quality assessment in clinical practice: Results of the 2020 ESTRO survey on plan complexity and robustness

LP Kaplan, L Placidi, A Bäck, R Canters… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Plan complexity and robustness are two essential aspects of treatment plan quality
but there is a great variability in their management in clinical practice. This study reports the …