On the necessity of specialized knowledge-based models for SBRT prostate treatments plans

Knowledge-based planning (KBP) has the potential to improve the quality and automate the planning process of radiotherapy treatments. KBP uses a set of historical cases to build an analytical model that can be applied to predict the DVH of a new case. Previous studies suggest that KBP can provide high-quality plans [1 –7] and can serve as a quality assurance tool, as prospectively adopted in a multicenter phase III randomized clinical trial [8–11].
Source: Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Original paper Source Type: research