1.Preliminary clinical research on the afterloading brachytherapy inverse intensity-modulated radiotherapy of gynecological tumor
Qianxi NI ; Dihong TANG ; Jiutang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2014;34(4):286-288
Objective To evaluate the clinical value of the afterloading brachytherapy inverse intensity-modulated radiotherapy of gynecological tumor.Methods Twenty patients with cervical cancer,were randomly divided into A and B groups,10 cases for each group.Group A received the afterloading brachytherapy inverse intensity-modulated radiotherapy.Group B received the three-dimensional comformal afterloading brachytherapy.The target volume dose distribution,organs at risk (rectum,bladder),shortterm curative effect and radioactive complications were analyzed on both groups.Results The dose homogeneity index of the target volume of group A was 52.43-± 0.45,better than that of group B (46.37 ± 1.45) (t =0.92,P < 0.05).The maximum dose of rectum and bladder of group A were about 37%,35%,less than that of group B (t =1.34,1.39,P < 0.05).The 75% prescription dose irradiated volume of rectum and bladder of group A were about only 1/2 of group B (t =1.23,1.13,P < 0.05).The local control rate of 96% for group A was better than 93% for group B (t =1.25,P < 0.05).Conclusions Afterloading brachytherapy inverse intensity-modulated radiotherapy technique could be better than the three-dimensional comformal afterloading brachytherapy.It should be recommended for gynecological tumor.
2.The development and application of the radiotherapy information management system
Zhili WU ; Jiutang ZHANG ; Qianxi NI ; Biao ZENG
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2015;(6):680-683
Objective To develop information system for radiotherapy. Methods The radiotherapy information the system adopts B/S structure mode,ACCESS 2010 as the database Server at the front desk, running on the hospital local network,background database is called Oncentra TPS and SQL Server 2008 in Mosaiq system, using ASP programming language network, the system is in Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 platform development. Based on the Internet information services ( IIS) 6. 0 6. 0 build system server service components,IE browser is used to implement the client access server capabilities. Results The information system including system Settings module,physics teacher module,the doctor module,technician module,data statistics and analysis, data download, seven modules such as video teaching. Conclusions The Radiotherapy information system is real?time performance, data security, stable operation, is the key construction for efficient utilization of resources in radiotherapy.
3.Prediction of radiomics-based machine learning in dose verification of intensity-modulated pelvic radiotherapy
Luqiao CHEN ; Qianxi NI ; Xiaozhou LI ; Jinjia CAO
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2023;43(2):101-105
Objective:Based on radiomics characteristics, different machine learning classification models are constructed to predict the gamma pass rate of dose verification in intensity-modulated radiotherapy for pelvic tumors, and to explore the best prediction model.Methods:The results of three-dimensional dose verification based on phantom measurement were retrospectively analyzed in 196 patients with pelvic tumor intensity-modulated radiotherapy plans. The gamma pass rate standard was 3%/2 mm and 10% dose threshold. Prediction models were constructed by extracting radiomic features based on dose documentation. Four machine learning algorithms, random forest, support vector machine, adaptive boosting, and gradient boosting decision tree were used to calculate the AUC value, sensitivity, and specificity respectively. The classification performance of the four prediction models was evaluated.Results:The sensitivity and specificity of the random forest, support vector machine, adaptive boosting, and gradient boosting decision tree models were 0.93, 0.85, 0.93, 0.96, 0.38, 0.69, 0.46, and 0.46, respectively. The AUC values were 0.81 and 0.82 for the random forest and adaptive boosting models, respectively, and 0.87 for the support vector machine and gradient boosting decision tree models.Conclusions:Machine learning method based on radiomics can be used to construct a prediction model of gamma pass rate for specific dosimetric verification of pelvic intensity-modulated radiotherapy. The classification performance of the support vector machine model and gradient boosting decision tree model is better than that of the random forest model and adaptive boosting model.
4.Radiomics-based prediction of gamma pass rates for different intensity-modulated radiation therapy techniques for pelvic tumors
Qianxi NI ; Yangfeng DU ; Zhaozhong ZHU ; Jinmeng PANG ; Jianfeng TAN ; Zhili WU ; Jinjia CAO ; Luqiao CHEN
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2023;43(8):595-600
Objective:To explore the feasibility of a classification prediction model for gamma pass rates (GPRs) under different intensity-modulated radiation therapy techniques for pelvic tumors using a radiomics-based machine learning approach, and compare the classification performance of four integrated tree models.Methods:With a retrospective collection of 409 plans using different IMRT techniques, the three-dimensional dose validation results were adopted based on modality measurements, with a GPR criterion of 3%/2 mm and 10% dose threshold. Then prediction were built models by extracting radiomics features based on dose documentation. Four machine learning algorithms were used, namely random forest (RF), adaptive boosting (AdaBoost), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), and light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM). Their classification performance was evaluated by calculating sensitivity, specificity, F1 score, and AUC value. Results:The RF, AdaBoost, XGBoost, and LightGBM models had sensitivities of 0.96, 0.82, 0.93, and 0.89, specificities of 0.38, 0.54, 0.62, and 0.62, F1 scores of 0.86, 0.81, 0.88, and 0.86, and AUC values of 0.81, 0.77, 0.85, and 0.83, respectively. XGBoost model showed the highest sensitivity, specificity, F1 score, and AUC value, outperforming the other three models. Conclusions:To build a GPR classification prediction model using a radiomics-based machine learning approach is feasible for plans using different intensity-modulated radiotherapy techniques for pelvic tumors, providing a basis for future multi-institutional collaborative research on GPR prediction.
5.Gamma pass rate classification prediction and interpretation based on SHAP value feature selection
Luqiao CHEN ; Qianxi NI ; Jinmeng PANG ; Jianfeng TAN ; Xin ZHOU ; Longjun LUO ; Degao ZENG ; Jinjia CAO
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2023;32(10):914-919
Objective:To explore the feasibility and validity of constructing an intensity-modulated radiotherapy gamma pass rate prediction model after combining the SHAP values with the extreme gradient boosting tree (XGBoost) algorithm feature selection technique, and to deliver corresponding model interpretation.Methods:The dose validation results of 196 patients with pelvic tumors receiving fixed-field intensity-modulated radiotherapy using modality-based measurements with a gamma pass rate criterion of 3%/2 mm and 10% dose threshold in Hunan Provincial Tumor Hospital from November 2020 to November 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Prediction models were constructed by extracting radiomic features based on dose files and using SHAP values combined with the XGBoost algorithm for feature filtering. Four machine learning classification models were constructed when the number of features was 50, 80, 110 and 140, respectively. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), recall rate and F1 score were calculated to assess the classification performance of the prediction models.Results:The AUC of prediction model constructed with 110 features selected based on the SHAP-valued features was 0.81, the recall rate was 0.93 and the F1 score was 0.82, which were all better than the other 3 models.Conclusion:For intensity-modulated radiotherapy of pelvic tumor, SHAP values can be used in combination with the XGBoost algorithm to select the optimal subset of radiomic features to construct predictive models of gamma pass rates, and deliver an interpretation of the model output by SHAP values, which may provide value in understanding the prediction by machine learning-dependent models.