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Assessment of a model based optimization engine for volumetric modulated arc therapy for patients with advanced hepatocellular cancer

Overview of attention for article published in Radiation Oncology, October 2014
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Title
Assessment of a model based optimization engine for volumetric modulated arc therapy for patients with advanced hepatocellular cancer
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Radiation Oncology, October 2014
DOI 10.1186/s13014-014-0236-0
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Antonella Fogliata, Po-Ming Wang, Francesca Belosi, Alessandro Clivio, Giorgia Nicolini, Eugenio Vanetti, Luca Cozzi

Abstract

BackgroundTo evaluate in-silico the performance of a model-based optimization process for volumetric modulated arc therapy (RapidArc) applied to hepatocellular cancer treatments.Patients and methods45 clinically accepted RA plans were selected to train a knowledge-based engine for the prediction of individualized dose-volume constraints. The model was validated on the same plans used for training (closed-loop) and on a set of other 25 plans not used for the training (open-loop). Dose prescription, target size, localization in the liver and arc configuration were highly variable in both sets to appraise the power of generalization of the engine. Quantitative dose volume histogram analysis was performed as well as a pass-fail analysis against a set of 8 clinical dose-volume objectives to appraise the quality of the new plans.ResultsQualitative and quantitative equivalence was observed between the clinical and the test plans. The use of model-based optimization lead to a net improvement in the pass-rate of the clinical objectives compared to the plans originally optimized with standard methods (this pass-rate is the frequency of cases where the objectives are respected vs. the cases where constraints are not fulfilled). The increase in the pass-rate resulted of 2.0%, 0.9% and 0.5% in a closed-loop and two different open-loop validation experiments.ConclusionsA knowledge-based engine for the optimization of RapidArc plans was tested and lead to clinically acceptable plans in the case of hepatocellular cancer radiotherapy. More studies are needed before a broad clinical use.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Unknown 69 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 21%
Student > Master 13 19%
Other 8 11%
Student > Bachelor 5 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 5 7%
Other 13 19%
Unknown 11 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Physics and Astronomy 21 30%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 19%
Engineering 7 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 3%
Other 8 11%
Unknown 15 21%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 October 2014.
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#13,182,017
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#597
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#121,376
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Outputs of similar age from Radiation Oncology
#17
of 75 outputs
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