Radiation Oncology/Treatment planning

Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

• Contraindications to radiotherapy
• Anatomy
• Contouring
• Bone marrow distribution
• Examples of treatment fields
• Motion
• IMRT
• Devices used in simulation
• Treatment of patients with pacemakers
• Fetal dose (TG 36) (see also: AAPM Reports page)
• Dose evaluation
• Radiomics
• Molecular Imaging
• Monte Carlo (MC) Method (PMID: 29945636)
• Artificial Intelligence (PMID: 31495281)
• Ergonomics (PMID: 22316817)

• Duke; 2006 PMID 17056197 -- "Dosimetric feasibility of cone-beam CT-based treatment planning compared to CT-based treatment planning." (Yoo S, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Dec 1;66(5):1553-61.)
  • Conclusion: CBCT treatment planning is feasible; dosimetry comparable to CT-based plans

• UCSF; 2005 PMID 15936579 -- "Method to account for dose fractionation in analysis of IMRT plans: modified equivalent uniform dose." (Park CS, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005 Jul 1;62(3):925-32.)
  • Modified equivalent uniform dose (mEUD) that accounts for dose fractionation using biologically effective dose for use in IMRT plans