An overview of artificial intelligence in medical physics and radiation oncology

Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly and has found widespread applications in medicine, especially radiotherapy. This paper provides a brief overview of AI applications in radiotherapy, and highlights the research directions of AI that can potentially make significant impacts and relev...

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Main Authors: Jiali Liu, Haonan Xiao, Jiawei Fan, Weigang Hu, Yong Yang, Peng Dong, Lei Xing, Jing Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Journal of the National Cancer Center
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667005423000479
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author Jiali Liu
Haonan Xiao
Jiawei Fan
Weigang Hu
Yong Yang
Peng Dong
Lei Xing
Jing Cai
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description Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly and has found widespread applications in medicine, especially radiotherapy. This paper provides a brief overview of AI applications in radiotherapy, and highlights the research directions of AI that can potentially make significant impacts and relevant ongoing research works in these directions. Challenging issues related to the clinical applications of AI, such as robustness and interpretability of AI models, are also discussed. The future research directions of AI in the field of medical physics and radiotherapy are highlighted.
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spelling doaj.art-ceddfd289c8b460594649004af7726892023-09-28T05:26:52ZengElsevierJournal of the National Cancer Center2667-00542023-09-0133211221An overview of artificial intelligence in medical physics and radiation oncologyJiali Liu0Haonan Xiao1Jiawei Fan2Weigang Hu3Yong Yang4Peng Dong5Lei Xing6Jing Cai7Department of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China; Department of Clinical Oncology, Hong Kong University Li Ka Shing Medical School, Hong Kong, ChinaDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ChinaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, CA, USADepartment of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, CA, USADepartment of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, CA, USADepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; Corresponding author.Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly and has found widespread applications in medicine, especially radiotherapy. This paper provides a brief overview of AI applications in radiotherapy, and highlights the research directions of AI that can potentially make significant impacts and relevant ongoing research works in these directions. Challenging issues related to the clinical applications of AI, such as robustness and interpretability of AI models, are also discussed. The future research directions of AI in the field of medical physics and radiotherapy are highlighted.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667005423000479Artificial intelligenceRadiotherapyMedical physics
spellingShingle Jiali Liu
Haonan Xiao
Jiawei Fan
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Yong Yang
Peng Dong
Lei Xing
Jing Cai
An overview of artificial intelligence in medical physics and radiation oncology
Journal of the National Cancer Center
Artificial intelligence
Radiotherapy
Medical physics
title An overview of artificial intelligence in medical physics and radiation oncology
title_full An overview of artificial intelligence in medical physics and radiation oncology
title_fullStr An overview of artificial intelligence in medical physics and radiation oncology
title_full_unstemmed An overview of artificial intelligence in medical physics and radiation oncology
title_short An overview of artificial intelligence in medical physics and radiation oncology
title_sort overview of artificial intelligence in medical physics and radiation oncology
topic Artificial intelligence
Radiotherapy
Medical physics
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667005423000479
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