A data-driven approach to model spatial dose characteristics for catheter placement of high dose-rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer
Our study demonstrates that incorporating a term for hot spots in the objective function of the treatment planning model is more effective in reducing hot spots than catheter placements that are not optimized for hot spots.
Authors
- Björn Morén (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7191-5206)
- Shirin Abbasinejad Enger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6037-0615)
- Hossein Jafarzadeh
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Jewish General Hospital (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Computers in Biology and Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110020
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00