Towards Human-Centric Intelligent Treatment Planning for Radiation Therapy

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13062v1
• Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 01:04:48 GMT
• Title: Towards Human-Centric Intelligent Treatment Planning for Radiation Therapy
• Authors: Adnan Jafar, Xun Jia,
• Abstract summary: Current radiation therapy treatment planning is limited by suboptimal plan quality, inefficiency, and high costs.<n>Human-Centric Intelligent Treatment Planning (HCITP) integrates clinical guidelines, automates plan generation, and enables direct interactions with operators.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• 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 interactions with operators. 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.

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