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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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 Weigang Hu 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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