Plan quality and consistency in spine radiosurgery treatment planning: comparison between automatic treatment planning with Elements Spine SRS and manual inverse planning with Varian Eclipse

Spine radiosurgery treatment planning can be a challenging task since a high radiation dose is delivered to target volumes close to the spinal cord, therefore a steep dose gradient is required. Plan quality is greatly influenced by the planner skills, so automatic treatment planning has been proposed to overcome this issue and assure high-quality plans. The Brainlab Elements Spine SRS treatment planning system is specially designed for spine radiosurgery treatments. It is an automatic treatment planning system that works through predefined protocols, with minimal planner interaction required.

Source: Medical Dosimetry - September 16, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Maria A. Piliero, Francesco Pupillo, Stefano Leva, Margherita Casiraghi, Eleonora Paulicelli, Luca Bellesi, Stefano Presilla Tags: Dosimetry Contribution Source Type: research