Intercenter validation of a knowledge based model for automated planning of volumetric modulated arc therapy for prostate cancer. The experience of the German RapidPlan Consortium

• Carolin Schubert,

  Affiliation Dept. of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology Department, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Oliver Waletzko,

  Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department Dr. Rohn & Kollegen at Klinikum Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

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• Christian Weiss,

  Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany

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• Dirk Voelzke,

  Affiliation Radiation Oncology Group Practice, Strahlentherapie Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Bonn, Germany

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• Sevda Toperim,

  Affiliation Dept. of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology Department, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Arnd Roeser,

  Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, Helios Universitaetsklinikum, Witten/Herdecke University, Wuppertal, Germany

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• Silvia Puccini,

  Affiliation Radiation Oncology Group Practice, Strahlentherapie Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Bonn, Germany

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• Marc Piroth,

  Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, Helios Universitaetsklinikum, Witten/Herdecke University, Wuppertal, Germany

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• Christian Mehrens,

  Affiliation Medical Physics Department, Klinikum Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

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• Jan-Dirk Kueter,

  Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany

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• Kirsten Hierholz,

  Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany

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• Karsten Gerull,

  Affiliation Radiation Oncology Department, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany

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• Antonella Fogliata,

  Affiliation Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Department, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy

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• Andreas Block,

  Affiliation Medical Physics Department, Klinikum Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

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• Luca Cozzi

  * E-mail: luca.cozzi@humanitas.it

  Affiliation Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Department, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7862-898X

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