Determining the Number of Beams in 3D Conformal Radiotherapy: A Classification Approach
Joana Dias, Rupa Jaganathan, Sanja Petrović · Procedia Technology · 2013
Radiation therapy consists of the treatment of cancerous tissues using radiation. For each patient, a personalized treatment has to be planned, most of the times using a time consuming trial and error procedure. In 3D conformal treatment planning, one of the most important treatment parameter is the number of radiation incidence directions to be used during treatment. Considering an existent database with information regarding already treated patients, we explore the possibility of applying classification methodologies to be able to correctly predict the number of radiation incidence directions that should be used in the treatment of a new patient.