放射性口咽黏膜炎亚结构危险器官人工智能辅助勾画专家共识

Expert consensus on artificial intelligence-assisted delineation of substructural organs at risk of radiotherapy-induced oropharyngeal mucositis

  • 摘要: 放射性口咽黏膜炎是头颈肿瘤放疗常见的不良反应之一,以“吞咽诱导爆发痛”为突出临床特征,几乎发生于所有头颈肿瘤患者放疗过程中,严重影响患者的生活质量和治疗依从性。基于“吞咽诱导爆发痛”好发部位定义的放射性口咽黏膜炎亚结构危险器官的勾画,有助于提高对重度放射性口咽黏膜炎的预测效能,准确识别高危患者,并优化放疗计划,从而降低重度放射性口咽黏膜炎的发生率,改善高危患者的防治效果。人工智能辅助放射性口咽黏膜炎亚结构危险器官的勾画,有助于推动勾画结果同质化,提高靶区勾画效率。为了引导此类人工智能的临床应用,有必要制定规范合理的放射性口咽黏膜炎亚结构危险器官人工智能辅助勾画共识,详细阐述放射性口咽黏膜炎的临床表现、分型、亚结构危险器官定义、人工智能辅助勾画的使用流程及评价体系,以更好地促进放射性口咽黏膜炎的防治。

     

    Abstract: Radiotherapy-induced oropharyngeal mucositis is a common adverse effect of radiotherapy for patients with head and neck tumors, characterized predominantly by "swallowing-induced breakthrough pain". It occurs in almost all patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck tumors, severely impairing their quality of life and treatment compliance. The delineation of substructural organs at risk of radiotherapy-induced oropharyngeal mucositis, based on the common occurrence areas of "swallowing-induced breakthrough pain", helps to improve the predictive efficacy of severe radiotherapy-induced oropharyngeal mucositis, facilitate accurate identification of high-risk patients and optimization of radiotherapy plans, thereby reducing the incidence of severe radiotherapy-induced oropharyngeal mucositis and improving the prevention and treatment outcomes for high-risk patients. Artificial intelligence-assisted delineation of substructural organs at risk of radiotherapy-induced oropharyngeal mucositis helps to promote the homogenization of delineation results and improve the efficiency of target volume delineation. To guide the clinical applications of such artificial intelligence, it is necessary to establish a standardized and reasonable consensus on artificial intelligence-assisted delineation of substructural organs at risk of radiotherapy-induced oropharyngeal mucositis. This consensus elaborates the clinical manifestations, classification, definition of substructural organs at risk, clinical workflow and evaluation system for artificial intelligence-assisted delineation, advancing the prevention and treatment of radiotherapy-induced oropharyngeal mucositis.

     

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