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Radiation Planning Assistant - A Web-based Tool to Support High-quality Radiotherapy in Clinics with Limited Resources. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE Court, L. E., Aggarwal, A., Burger, H., Cardenas, C., Chung, C., Douglas, R., du Toit, M., Jhingran, A., Mumme, R., Muya, S., Naidoo, K., Ndumbalo, J., Netherton, T., Nguyen, C., Olanrewaju, A., Parkes, J., Shaw, W., Trauernicht, C., Xu, M., Yang, J., Zhang, L., Simonds, H., Beadle, B. M. 2023

Abstract

Access to radiotherapy worldwide is limited. The Radiation Planning Assistant (RPA) is a fully automated, web-based tool that is being developed to offer fully automated radiotherapy treatment planning tools to clinics with limited resources. The goal is to help clinical teams scale their efforts, thus reaching more patients with cancer. The user connects to the RPA via a webpage, completes a Service Request (prescription and information about the radiotherapy targets), and uploads the patient's CT image set. The RPA offers two approaches to automated planning. In one-step planning, the system uses the Service Request and CT scan to automatically generate the necessary contours and treatment plan. In two-step planning, the user reviews and edits the automatically generated contours before the RPA continues to generate a volume-modulated arc therapy plan. The final plan is downloaded from the RPA website and imported into the user's local treatment planning system, where the dose is recalculated for the locally commissioned linac; if necessary, the plan is edited prior to approval for clinical use.

View details for DOI 10.3791/65504

View details for PubMedID 37870317