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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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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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Accuracy of Patient-Specific Organ Dose Estimates Obtained Using an Automated Image Segmentation Algorithm [PDF]

, 2016
The overall goal of this work is to develop a rapid, accurate, and automated software tool to estimate patient-specific organ doses from computed tomography (CT) scans using simulations to generate dose maps combined with automated segmentation ...
Coradi, Thomas, Gilat-Schmidt, Taly, Haas, Benjamin, Star-Lack, Josh, Wang, Adam S.   +4 more
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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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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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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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Planning for Density in a Driverless World [PDF]

, 2016
Automobile-centered, low-density development was the defining feature of population growth in the United States for decades. This development pattern displaced wildlife, destroyed habitat, and contributed to a national loss of biodiversity. It also meant,
Fox, Sarah J.
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Risk factors for sensorineural hearing loss among high-risk infants in Golestan province, Iran in 2010 - 2011 [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Hearing impairment, as one of the most common birth defects, is a hidden disability with negative impacts on speech and cognitive development. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL)
Alaee, E., Fouladinejad, M., Sirati, M., Taziki, M.H.   +3 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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Three-Dimensional Dose Prediction for Lung IMRT Patients with Deep Neural Networks: Robust Learning from Heterogeneous Beam Configurations

, 2019
The use of neural networks to directly predict three-dimensional dose distributions for automatic planning is becoming popular. However, the existing methods only use patient anatomy as input and assume consistent beam configuration for all patients in ...
Barragan Montero, Ana Maria, Geets, Xavier, Jiang, Steve, Lin, Mu-Han, Lu, Weiguo, Nguyen, Dan, Norouzi-Kandalan, Roya, Sterpin, Edmond   +7 more
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