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A deep convolutional generative adversarial network (DCGAN) was utilized to automatically extract features from computed tomography (CT) images.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A retrospective analysis was conducted on 180 lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) at Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital between 2015 and 2022. To mitigate clinical sample size limitations, rotation-based augmentation was employed to expand the training dataset. The pretreatment CT images were processed into three input configurations: whole-lung, V\n                      <jats:sub>5Gy<\/jats:sub>\n                      dose regions, and V\n                      <jats:sub>20Gy<\/jats:sub>\n                      dose regions. An unsupervised feature extraction model, designated RP-GAN, was constructed to capture latent representations associated with RP risk. High-dimensional features were refined via least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and integrated into a stacking ensemble learning framework (including RF, SVM, KNN, XGBoost, and LR). Model stability and generalization were validated through 10-fold cross-validation alongside an independent test set, while clinical interpretability was ensured using Grad-CAM and LIME.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The whole-lung input model demonstrated superior performance, achieving an AUC of 0.856 and an accuracy of 0.861, with a recall of 0.778. In contrast, models restricted to V\n                      <jats:sub>20Gy<\/jats:sub>\n                      dose regions showed a significant decline in sensitivity, with the recall decreasing to 0.273. XAI visualization confirmed that the model focused not only on the tumor bed but also on the peritumoral parenchyma and contralateral lung.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The proposed RP-GAN architecture effectively captures subtle textural changes across the whole lung microenvironment without requiring manual annotations. 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