Radiotherapy treatment decision method and system for palliative treatment

• Main Authors: TRINDADE RODRIGUES ANDREIA MARIA ARAUJO, DA SILVA RODRIGUEZ PEDRO JORGE
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 11.10.2022
• Subjects: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS

A non-transitory computer readable medium (26) stores instructions executable by at least one electronic processor (20) to implement a radiation therapy (RT) treatment decision method (100), the method comprising: calculating (102) an initial score (30) for a pre-interventional patient for each RT option of a set of RT options (32), wherein the initial score for each RT option indicates a likelihood of interruption of the RT according to the RT option; displaying (104) the initial score and receiving, via a user interface (28), a selection of at least one RT option from the set of RT options; for each selected RT option: optimizing (106) an RT plan (34) for the patient according to the selected RT treatment option; calculating (108) one or more toxicity metrics (36) for the optimized RT plan, and calculating (110) a final score (38) based on the one or more toxicity metrics for the optimized RT plan, the final score indicating a likelihood of disruption of the RT treatment according to the optimized RT plan;