Knowledge-based radiation therapy (KBRT) treatment planning versus planning by experts: Validation of a KBRT algorithm for prostate cancer treatment planning

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nwankwo, Obioma ^a   Mekdash, Hana ^a   Sihono, Dwi Seno Kuncoro ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a   Glatting, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose prediction algorithm; Knowledge based radiation therapy (KBRT) treatment planning; Normal tissue sparing; Personalized radiotherapy treatment planning; Treatment plan optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE BASED RADIATION THERAPY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RATING SCALE; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIFORMITY INDEX; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MALE; ORGANS AT RISK; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE BASES; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGANS AT RISK; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 84930211229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13014-015-0416-6     Document Type: Article

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