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ArticleBMC cancer2023

Dose prediction of organs at risk in patients with cervical cancer receiving brachytherapy using needle insertion based on a neural network method.

Huai-Wen Zhang, Xiao-Ming Zhong, Zhen-Hua Zhang, Hao-Wen Pang

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Article in BMC cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systematic review of artificial intelligence in brachytherapy.Journal of contemporary brachytherapy · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Huai-Wen Zhang *Department of Radiotherapy, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Jiangxi Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Nanchang, 330029, China.
Xiao-Ming Zhong *Department of Radiotherapy, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Jiangxi Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Nanchang, 330029, China.
Zhen-Hua ZhangDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China.
Hao-Wen PangDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China. haowenpang@foxmail.com.
Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University · CNJiangxi Provincial Cancer Hospital · CNJingdezhen University · CN

Funding

the Gulin County People's Hospital, Southwest Medical University Affiliated Hospital Science and Technology Strategic Cooperation Project 2022GLXNNYDFY05the Open Fund for Scientific Research of Jiangxi Cancer Hospital 2021J15
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveA neural network method was employed to establish a dose prediction model for organs at risk (OAR) in patients with cervical cancer receiving brachytherapy using needle insertion.

methodsA total of 218 CT-based needle-insertion brachytherapy fraction plans for loco-regionally advanced cervical cancer treatment were analyzed in 59 patients. The sub-organ of OAR was automatically generated by self-written MATLAB, and the volume of the sub-organ was read. Correlations between D2cm

resultsThe D2cm

conclusionThe neural network method based on a dose-prediction model of OAR in brachytherapy using needle insertion was simple and reliable. In addition, it only addressed volumes of sub-organs to predict the dose of OAR, which we believe is worthy of further promotion and application.

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BrachytherapyUterine Cervical NeoplasmsFemaleHumansNeural Networks, ComputerOrgans at RiskRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedRectumBrachytherapyDose predictionNeedle insertionNeural network

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PMID37106444
PMCPMC10142517
OpenAlexW4367172312

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