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Jim P Tol¹, Max Dahele², Jarkko Peltola³

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An automated interactive optimizer (AIO) streamlines radiotherapy planning for head and neck cancers. This tool improves plan quality and reduces radiation dose to organs at risk, enhancing patient safety.

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Area of Science:

Radiation Oncology
Medical Physics
Cancer Treatment

Background:

Intensity modulated radiotherapy planning is complex and time-consuming, especially for head and neck cancers with numerous organs-at-risk (OAR).
Inconsistent plan quality is a challenge in manual treatment planning.
The Automatic Interactive Optimizer (AIO) was developed to automate the manual interactive process in the Eclipse treatment planning system.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the AIO program for automating radiotherapy treatment planning.
To present initial evaluation data of the AIO program.
To assess the dosimetric improvements and consistency of AIO-generated plans compared to manual plans.

Main Methods:

The AIO program automates the adjustment of optimization objectives along the dose-volume histogram (DVH) curve during volumetric modulated arc therapy (RapidArc) planning for head and neck tumors.
AIO uses color-coding to differentiate DVH lines and automatically adjusts optimization objectives for consistency.
AIO plans were compared to existing clinical plans of 10 patients, and AIO consistency was evaluated by replanning a single patient five times.

Main Results:

AIO demonstrated minimal differences (≤0.5%) in PTV V95 and V107 compared to manual plans, with a 1.5% improvement in elective PTV V107.
Mean doses to salivary structures were reduced by 0.9-1.6Gy, and mean doses to swallowing structures and oral cavity were reduced by 5.6Gy and 3.9Gy, respectively.
Re-running AIO five times resulted in parameter variations of less than 3%, indicating high consistency.

Conclusions:

The AIO program successfully automates the interactive Eclipse treatment planning process for head and neck cancers.
AIO delivers dosimetric improvements compared to existing manually optimized clinical plans.
The automated approach ensures consistent plan quality and potentially reduces radiation exposure to critical structures.