Wei-Ta Tsai, Hui-Ling Hsieh, Shih-Kai Hung, Chi-Fu Zeng, Ming-Fen Lee, Po-Hao Lin, Chia-Yi Lin, Wei-Chih Li, Wen-Yen Chiou, Tung-Hsin Wu
BACKGROUND: Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) poses a challenge to treatment planning due to the large target, field junction, and multiple organs at risk (OARs) involved. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of knowledge-based planning (KBP) in CSI by comparing original manual plans (MP), KBP RapidPlan initial plans (RPI ), and KBP RapidPlan final plans (RPF ), which received further re-optimization to meet the dose constraints. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Dose distributions in the target were evaluated in terms of coverage, mean dose, conformity index (CI), and homogeneity index (HI)...
March 7, 2024: Radiology and Oncology