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In-Depth Exploration of Advanced Settings in Personalized Automation of Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Using Reference Datasets

Applied Sciences
Introduction: The personalized planning engine in Pinnacle Evolution (version 16.4.3) for automated treatment planning incorporates the feasibility of DVH using several advanced optimization parameters that are generally empirically determined. Materials
Giulia Paolani, Miriam Santoro, Silvia Strolin, Alessio Giuseppe Morganti, Lidia Strigari   +4 more
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Retrospective Validation and Clinical Implementation of Automated Contouring of Organs at Risk in the Head and Neck: A Step Toward Automated Radiation Treatment Planning for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Journal of Global Oncology, 2018
Purpose: We assessed automated contouring of normal structures for patients with head-and-neck cancer (HNC) using a multiatlas deformable-image-registration algorithm to better provide a fully automated radiation treatment planning solution for low- and ...
Rachel E. McCarroll, Beth M. Beadle, Peter A. Balter, Hester Burger, Carlos E. Cardenas, Sameera Dalvie, David S. Followill, Kelly D. Kisling, Michael Mejia, Komeela Naidoo, Chris L. Nelson, Christine B. Peterson, Karin Vorster, Julie Wetter, Lifei Zhang, Laurence E. Court, Jinzhong Yang   +16 more
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Addressing the Global Expertise Gap in Radiation Oncology: The Radiation Planning Assistant

JCO Global Oncology, 2023
PURPOSEAutomation, including the use of artificial intelligence, has been identified as a possible opportunity to help reduce the gap in access and quality for radiotherapy and other aspects of cancer care.
Laurence Court, Ajay Aggarwal, Hester Burger, Carlos Cardenas, Christine Chung, Raphael Douglas, Monique du Toit, David Jaffray, Anuja Jhingran, Michael Mejia, Raymond Mumme, Sikudhani Muya, Komeela Naidoo, Jerry Ndumbalo, Kelly Nealon, Tucker Netherton, Callistus Nguyen, Niki Olanrewaju, Jeannette Parkes, Willie Shaw, Christoph Trauernicht, Melody Xu, Jinzhong Yang, Lifei Zhang, Hannah Simonds, Beth M. Beadle   +25 more
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Quality assurance for deep learning-based proton therapy planning in routine clinical use for oropharyngeal cancer

Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
Quality assurance is required to ensure safe and reliable use of deep learning (DL)–based intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) planning for oropharyngeal cancer patients.
Ilse G. van Bruggen, Minke J. Brinkman-Akker, Ilse D. Jonkhof, Johannes A. Langendijk, Stefan Both, Erik W. Korevaar   +5 more
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Utilisation of Pareto navigation techniques to calibrate a fully automated radiotherapy treatment planning solution

Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, 2019
Background and purpose: Current automated radiotherapy planning solutions do not allow for the intuitive exploration of different treatment options during protocol calibration.
Philip A. Wheeler, Michael Chu, Rosemary Holmes, Maeve Smyth, Rhydian Maggs, Emiliano Spezi, John Staffurth, David G. Lewis, Anthony E. Millin   +8 more
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An automated method of psychiatric treatment planning [PDF]

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 1992
Several procedures used to develop automated psychodiagnostic methods have been suceessful. This paper presents the next step toward a method of automating the treatment planning of psychiatric patients.
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Development of a CapsNet and Fuzzy Logic Decision Support System for Diagnosing the Scoliosis and Planning Treatments via Schroth Method

IEEE Access, 2022
Scoliosis is a disease caused by the spine curving. It is treatable but physiotherapists may do different measurements for curvature angles. That’s a problem affecting the treatment planning.
Sena Goral, Utku Kose
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A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho, Emmanuella Amoako, Nihad Salifu, Lily Gloria Tagoe, Yaw Bediako, Michelle Hermiston, Catherine Segbefia   +6 more
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Radiosurgery Treatment Planning via Nonlinear Programming [PDF]

, 2001
The Gamma Knife is a highly specialized treatment unit that pro- vides an advanced stereotactic approach to the treatment of tumors, vascular malformations, and pain disorders within the head.
Lim, Jinho, Ferris, Michael, Shepard, David   +2 more
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Knowledge engineering techniques for automated planning [PDF]

Formulating knowledge for use in AI Planning engines is currently some-thing of an ad-hoc process, where the skills of knowledge engineers and the tools they use may significantly influence the quality of the resulting planning application. There is little
Shah, Mohammad Munshi Shahin
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