SBIR TOPIC 417: QUANTITATIVE IMAGING SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING

随着全身治疗的改善和癌症患者生存率的提高，脑转移瘤(BMS)的发生率迅速增加，BMS的管理策略已经从全脑放射治疗演变为局部多阶段SRS。这种发展需要为多个BMS和治疗随访制定等值线和分布式SRS计划，并对护理团队的时间、精力和经验提出了很高的要求，给临床医生带来了沉重的负担。自动化、有效和高效的工具是尚未满足的临床需求。

With brain metastases (BMs) incidences rapidly increasing due to improved systemic treatment and cancer patients, survival, the BMs management strategies have evolved substantially from whole brain irradiation to localized multisession SRS. The evolution requires contouring and distributed SRS planning for multiple BMs and treatment followups and has put a high demand on care teams time, efforts, and experience, creating a heavy burden on clinicians. Automated, effective, and efficient tools are unmet clinical needs.