符号回归:一种通用方法,用于构建放射生物效应的现象模型
Ankang Hu1, Wanyi Zhou1, Rui Qiu1
1Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Particle & Radiation Imaging, Tsinghua University, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
Radiation research
|April 1, 2025
概括
符号回归提供了一种自动化的方法来创建放射生物效应模型,例如生存分数和辐射氧效应. 这种方法提供了与现有的可比的可解释公式,有助于放射治疗和辐射保护.
科学领域:
- 辐射治疗和辐射保护
- 计算生物学 计算生物学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
背景情况:
- 关联物理,化学和生物参数与放射生物效应的定量模型至关重要.
- 由于难以量化潜在的放射生物学的机制,现象学模型经常被使用.
- 缺乏构建现象学模型的通用方法是一个重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 采用符号回归来构建放射生物效应的现象学模型.
- 开发生存分数,微量计参数,辐射氧效应和FLASH效应的模型.
- 将符号回归模型的有效性和有效性与现有的科学公式进行比较.
主要方法:
- 符号回归被用作模型构建的主要方法.
- 为关键的放射生物终点开发了模型,包括生存率和氧气效应.
- 生成的模型的性能与文献中确定的公式进行了基准测试.
主要成果:
- 符号回归成功地为每个建模任务生成了多个简单的,可解释的公式.
- 符号回归模型的预测准确性与现有公式可比.
- 该方法在识别不同的,但足够的,合适的配方方面表现出灵活性.
结论:
- 符号回归是一种自动化和灵活的策略,用于开发放射生物学的现象模型.
- 一个模型的可解释性和它的适合性一样重要.
- 这种方法有助于通过改进的定量建模来推进放射治疗和辐射保护.
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