Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Winter is over: The use of Artificial Intelligence to individualise radiation therapy for breast cancer



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.