Approach and assessment of automated stereotactic radiotherapy planning for early stage non-small-cell lung cancer

Table 1 Studies on knowledge-based automated radiotherapy treatment plans

	Database	Site	Prediction method	Dosimetric parameter predictions	Beam angle predictions
Moore [19]	25 IMRT	Head-and-neck prostate	Analytical formulas	Mean doses of esophagus, larynx, parotid gland, bladder and rectum	No
Wu [20]	91 IMRT	Head-and-neck	Minimal dose approximation	Dose-volume objectives for head-and-neck organs	No
Zhu [21]	198 IMRT	Prostate	Machine learning	DVH of bladder and rectum	No
Petit [22]	25 IMRT	Pancreas	Minimal dose approximation	Dose-volume objectives for kidney and liver	No
Yang [24]	21 IMRT	Prostate	Linear regression	Rectal dose D₁₅, D₂₀, D₂₅, D₃₅, D₅₀, and bladder dose D₁₅	No
Nwankwo [25]	95 VMAT	Prostate	Machine learning	Uniformity index, D₁₀, D₃₀, D₅₀, D₇₀ and D₉₀ in bladder and rectum	No
Wang [26]	80 IMRT	Esophagus	Machine learning	Mean heart dose and mean lung dose	No

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