Learning to Optimize Radiotherapy Plans via Fluence Maps Diffusion Model Generation and LSTM-based Optimization
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| author | Poles, Isabella Arberet, Simon Gao, Riqiang Kraus, Martin Santambrogio, Marco D. Ghesu, Florin C. Kamen, Ali Comaniciu, Dorin |
| author_facet | Poles, Isabella Arberet, Simon Gao, Riqiang Kraus, Martin Santambrogio, Marco D. Ghesu, Florin C. Kamen, Ali Comaniciu, Dorin |
| contents | Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) is a cornerstone of modern radiation therapy, enabling highly conformal tumor irradiation and healthy-tissue sparing. Yet, its planning solves inverse and nested optimization for multi-leaf collimators, monitor units and dose parameters, while enforcing their consistency to ensure mechanical deliverability. Nevertheless, this process often requires repeated re-optimization when treatment configurations change, resulting in substantial planning time per patient. To address these problems, we present a diffusion-driven Learning-to-Optimize (L2O) method for end-to-end VMAT planning. A distribution-matching distilled diffusion model learns a clinically feasible manifold of fluence maps, enabling their one-shot generation. On top of this, an LSTM-based L2O module learns gradient update dynamics to swiftly refine fluence maps toward prescribed dose objectives during inference. Experimental results on clinical and public prostate cancer cohorts demonstrate improved planning efficiency, flexibility, and machine deliverability over currently available end-to-end VMAT planners. |
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| spellingShingle | Learning to Optimize Radiotherapy Plans via Fluence Maps Diffusion Model Generation and LSTM-based Optimization Poles, Isabella Arberet, Simon Gao, Riqiang Kraus, Martin Santambrogio, Marco D. Ghesu, Florin C. Kamen, Ali Comaniciu, Dorin Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Image and Video Processing Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) is a cornerstone of modern radiation therapy, enabling highly conformal tumor irradiation and healthy-tissue sparing. Yet, its planning solves inverse and nested optimization for multi-leaf collimators, monitor units and dose parameters, while enforcing their consistency to ensure mechanical deliverability. Nevertheless, this process often requires repeated re-optimization when treatment configurations change, resulting in substantial planning time per patient. To address these problems, we present a diffusion-driven Learning-to-Optimize (L2O) method for end-to-end VMAT planning. A distribution-matching distilled diffusion model learns a clinically feasible manifold of fluence maps, enabling their one-shot generation. On top of this, an LSTM-based L2O module learns gradient update dynamics to swiftly refine fluence maps toward prescribed dose objectives during inference. Experimental results on clinical and public prostate cancer cohorts demonstrate improved planning efficiency, flexibility, and machine deliverability over currently available end-to-end VMAT planners. |
| title | Learning to Optimize Radiotherapy Plans via Fluence Maps Diffusion Model Generation and LSTM-based Optimization |
| topic | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Image and Video Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13713 |