by Philip M.P. Poortmans, Silvia Takanen, Gustavo Nader
Marta, Icro Meattini, Orit Kaidar-Person
The Breast: FULL
LENGTH ARTICLE| VOLUME
49, P194-200, FEBRUARY 01, 2020
Artificial intelligence demonstrated its value for automated
contouring of organs at risk and target volumes as well as for auto-planning of
radiation dose distributions in terms of saving time, increasing consistency,
and improving dose-volumes parameters. Future developments include
incorporating dose/outcome data to optimise dose distributions with optimal
coverage of the high-risk areas, while at the same time limiting doses to
low-risk areas. An infinite gradient of volumes and doses to deliver
spatially-adjusted radiation can be generated, allowing to avoid unnecessary
radiation to organs at risk.
