Comprehensive Robustness Evaluation of Proton and Carbon-Ion Plans in Thoracic Cancer Treatment
Conventional robustness evaluation showed significantly reduced target coverage, yet it considers highly improbable worst-case scenarios. Comprehensive WSSE enables the identification of critical patients without compromising plan quality by avoiding overestimation and compensating for unrealistic error scenarios.
Authors
- Lennart Volz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0441-4350)
- Christian Graeff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5296-7649)
- Timo Steinsberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2388-8706)
- Marco Durante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4615-553X)
- Yinxiangzi Sheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3552-9786)
- Weiwei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2336-6681)
- Rongcheng Han
- Jian Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7458-0254)
- Jiayao Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5797-133X)
- Jingfang Mao
Institutions
- GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (DE)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Technische Universität Darmstadt (DE)
- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (CN)
- Shanghai Genon Biological Products (China) (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Particle Therapy
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpt.2025.101195
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00