arXiv:2608.30419v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Healthcare workforce scheduling is an NP-hard optimization problem requiring simultaneous satisfaction of labor regulations, coverage requirements, emp...
By Vipul Patel, Anirudh Deodhar, Dagnachew Birru
The paper presents a generative AI model that predicts 3‑D radiation dose distributions based solely on user‑defined preference settings, allowing planners to balance trade‑offs between organs‑at‑risk and target volumes. This approach offers greater flexibility and personalization compared to traditional deep‑learning models that rely on institutional reference plans. The authors report that their method can outperform the Varian RapidPlan model in adaptability and plan quality in certain scenarios, and it is designed for easy integration with clinical treatment planning systems.
By Riqiang Gao, Simon Arberet, Martin Kraus, Han Liu, Wilko FAR Verbakel, Dorin Comaniciu, Florin-Cristian Ghesu, Ali Kamen
arXiv:2607. 13877v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Brain tumor progression exhibits spatially heterogeneous growth, patient-specific treatment response, and complex interactions with surrounding anatomy, making accurate long-term prediction challenging.
By Wenxi Liu, Michael Trimboli, Xianqi Li
Dose-PlanNet is a physics-guided 3D deep learning architecture that predicts radiotherapy dose distributions for prostate cancer. In a prospective trial, the model achieved target coverage comparable to clinical plans while slightly reducing target homogeneity, yet it significantly improved high‑dose organ‑at‑risk sparing. Automated plans met clinical acceptance criteria in 11 of 14 Moderate Hypofraction and 9 of 12 SBRT plans, demonstrating that physics-informed deep learning can accelerate radiotherapy workflows without compromising dosimetric quality.
By Ankit Bhattacharjee, Sougata Maity, Santam Chakraborty, Indranil Mallick
The study presents a virtual imaging trial framework that uses reinforcement learning to optimize computed tomography (CT) protocols, balancing liver lesion detectability against radiation dose. By training a Proximal Policy Optimization agent on 63 computational human models across 468 parameter combinations, the authors demonstrate that evaluating only eight protocols per patient—about 2% of exhaustive testing—recovers 98.2% of the optimal objective. Conditioning the agent on patient‑specific CT localizer embeddings further improves zero‑simulation recovery by 10.7 percentage points compared to a localizer‑blind policy.
By Jiaqi Zou, David Fenwick, Vahid Tarokh, Nicholas Felice, Jayasai Rajagopal, Anuj Kapadia, Ehsan Samei, Navid NaderiAlizadeh, Ehsan Abadi
Dose-PlanNet is a physics-guided 3D deep learning model that predicts radiotherapy dose distributions for prostate cancer, aiming to automate complex treatment planning. In a prospective trial, the model achieved comparable target coverage while slightly reducing target homogeneity, yet it significantly improved high-dose organ‑at‑risk sparing. Automated plans met clinical acceptance criteria in most cases across both moderate hypofraction and stereotactic body radiation therapy arms.