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Radiother Oncol2024;200110513.November 1, 2024Journal Article

Fully automated radiotherapy treatment planning: A scan to plan challenge.

Mark J Gooding1, Shafak Aluwini2, Teresa Guerrero Urbano3, Yasmin McQuinlan4, Deborah Om5, Floor H E Staal6, Tanguy Perennec7, Sana Azzarouali8, Carlos E Cardenas9, Antony Carver10, Stine Sofia Korreman11, Jean-Emmanuel Bibault12
1Inpictura Ltd, 5 The Chambers, Vineyard, Abingdon OX14 3PX, United Kingdom; Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, M20 4BX Manchester, United Kingdom. Electronic address: mark.gooding@inpicturamedica.com.
2Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: s.al-uwini@umcg.nl.
3Department of Clinical Oncology Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences King's College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: teresa.guerrerourbano@gstt.nhs.uk.
4Mirada Medical Ltd, Barclay House, 234 Botley Road OX2 0HP, United Kingdom. Electronic address: yasmin.mcquinlan@mirada-medical.com.
5Department of Medical Physics, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Paris Cité, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: deborah.om@aphp.fr.
6Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: f.h.e.staal@umcg.nl.
7Département de radiothérapie, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest, Nantes, France. Electronic address: tanguy.perennec@ico.unicancer.fr.
8Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: s.azzarouali@amsterdamumc.nl.
9Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: cecardenas@uabmc.edu.
10Department of Medical Physics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Electronic address: antony.carver@uhb.nhs.uk.
11Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark; Danish Center for Particle Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark. Electronic address: stine.korreman@clin.au.dk.
12Department of Radiation Oncology, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Université Paris Cité, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: jean-emmanuel.bibault@aphp.fr.

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Over the past decade, tools for automation of various sub-tasks in radiotherapy planning have been introduced, such as auto-contouring and auto-planning. The purpose of this study was to benchmark what degree of automation is possible. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A challenge to perform automated treatment planning for prostate and prostate bed radiotherapy was set up. Participa…

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