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Treatment data and technical process challenges for practical big data efforts in radiation oncology
Author(s) -
Mayo CS,
Phillips M,
McNutt TR,
Palta J,
Dekker A,
Miller RC,
Xiao Y,
Moran JM,
Matuszak MM,
Gabriel P,
Ayan AS,
Prisciandaro J,
Thor M,
Dixit N,
Popple R,
Killoran J,
Kaleba E,
Kantor M,
Ruan D,
Kapoor R,
Kessler ML,
Lawrence TS
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1002/mp.13114
Subject(s) - radiation oncology , big data , relevance (law) , data science , process (computing) , medical physics , computer science , medicine , radiation therapy , data mining , political science , law , operating system
The term Big Data has come to encompass a number of concepts and uses within medicine. This paper lays out the relevance and application of large collections of data in the radiation oncology community. We describe the potential importance and uses in clinical practice. The important concepts are then described and how they have been or could be implemented are discussed. Impediments to progress in the collection and use of sufficient quantities of data are also described. Finally, recommendations for how the community can move forward to achieve the potential of big data in radiation oncology are provided.