Artificial Intelligence:opportunities and challenges in radiotherapy
Li Yimin1, Lan Mei2, Zhang Jiayu1, Wang Pei2, Lang Jinyi2
1University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,Chengdu 617310,China; 2Affiliated Hospital,Medical College of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China/Sichuan Cancer Hospital·Cancer Institute,Chengdu 610041,China
Abstract：Artificial Intelligence are emerging as poweful tools for many field including medicine. It has be applied to radiation therapy in different degree,such as automatic OAR or tumor volume segmentation,automatic radiotherapy planning,prediction of toxicity and prognostic,etc. In this article,the research progress on Artificial Intelligence in the radiotherapy for malignant tumor was reviewed.
Li Yimin,Lan Mei,Zhang Jiayu et al. Artificial Intelligence:opportunities and challenges in radiotherapy[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2019, 28(6): 476-480.
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