Replacing Manual Planning of Whole Breast Irradiation With Knowledge-Based Automatic Optimization by Virtual Tangential-Fields Arc Therapy

Replacing Manual Planning of Whole Breast Irradiation With Knowledge-Based Automatic Optimization by Virtual Tangential-Fields Arc Therapy

PurposeTo implement Knowledge Based (KB) automatic planning for right and left-sided whole breast treatment through a new volumetric technique (ViTAT, Virtual Tangential-fields Arc Therapy) mimicking conventional tangential fields (TF) irradiation.Materials and MethodA total of 193 clinical plans de...

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Main Authors: Roberta Castriconi, Pier Giorgio Esposito, Alessia Tudda, Paola Mangili, Sara Broggi, Andrei Fodor, Chiara L. Deantoni, Barbara Longobardi, Marcella Pasetti, Lucia Perna, Antonella del Vecchio, Nadia Gisella Di Muzio, Claudio Fiorino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
breast cancer
radiation oncology
automation
plan optimization
tangential field
knowledge-based
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.712423/full

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