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On the advancement and software support of decision‐making in focused ultrasound therapy
Author(s) -
Scherrer Alexander,
Jakobsson Stefan,
Küfer KarlHeinz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of multi‐criteria decision analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.462
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1099-1360
pISSN - 1057-9214
DOI - 10.1002/mcda.1596
Subject(s) - radiation treatment planning , computer science , clinical decision making , bridge (graph theory) , management science , quality (philosophy) , risk analysis (engineering) , medical physics , medicine , intensive care medicine , engineering , radiation therapy , surgery , philosophy , epistemology
Focused ultrasound therapy (FUS) is a modern and promising way for minimally invasive cancer treatment. Recent advances in treatment technology, bio‐physical models, and numerical simulation methods have given rise to a significant curative potential. However, clinical routine of FUS still features classical planning approaches, which widely fail in exploiting this potential. The structure of FUS planning problems strongly suggests interactive multi‐criteria decision‐making concepts in order to improve treatment quality. This research work introduces an multi‐criteria decision‐making approach to FUS planning and explains how to bridge the conceptual gap between the clinical state of the art and this new planning paradigm.