RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT DECISION METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR PALLIATIVE CARE

• Main Authors: DA SILVA RODRIGUES, Pedro, Jorge, TRINDADE RODRIGUES, Andreia, Maria, Araujo
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 26.10.2022
• 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 perform a radiation therapy (RT) treatment decision method (100) that includes: 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 is indicative of likelihood of discontinuation of RT in accordance with that RT option; displaying (104) the initial scores and, via a user interface (28), receiving a selection of at least one RT option from the set of RT options; for each selected RT option: optimizing (106) a RT plan (34) for the patient in accordance with the selected RT treatment option; computing (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 being indicative of likelihood of discontinuation of the RT treatment in accordance with the optimized RT plan; and displaying (112) the final score for the at least one selected RT option and, via the user interface, receiving a selection of a final RT option.