Towards human-centric intelligent treatment planning for radiation therapy.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 41520028.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41746-026-02339-5 and PMC identifier 12902089.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Current radiation therapy treatment planning is limited by suboptimal plan quality, inefficiency, and high costs. This perspective paper explores the complexity of treatment planning and introduces Human-Centric Intelligent Treatment Planning (HCITP), an AI-driven framework under human oversight, which integrates clinical guidelines, automates plan generation, and enables direct interaction with planners. We expect that HCITP will enhance efficiency, potentially reducing planning time to minutes, and will deliver personalized, high-quality plans. Challenges and potential solutions are discussed.