Radiation exposure and clinical validation of autosegmentation models for the supraventricular cardiac conduction system in breast cancer radiotherapy: an institutional perspective
The SAN receives substantial irradiation in right-sided BC patients during IMRT, and RA dose strongly correlates with conduction node doses, suggesting its potential as a clinical surrogate. The CNN-based autosegmentation method enables accurate and efficient delineation of the SAN and AVN, facilitating reliable dosimetric assessment in clinical practice.
Authors
- Ruoling Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0954-2386)
- Y. S. ZHANG
- Feifei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2351-6873)
- Ziqi Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9300-8172)
- Xuemei Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4423-2079)
- Zifeng Chi
- Dan Liu
Institutions
- Hebei Medical University (CN)
- Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oncology
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2026.1734696
- Primary Topic
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00