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All the VMAT plans were created using the Monaco treatment planning system (Elekta, Sweden) and clinically approved: &gt;\u200998% of PGTVnx received the prescribed doses of 70\u2009Gy, &gt;\u200998% of PGTVnd received the prescribed doses of 66\u2009Gy and\u2009&gt;\u200998% of PCTV received 60\u2009Gy. Of these, the data from 80 patients were used to train the GRU-RNN, and the data from the other 20 patients were used for testing. For each NPC patient, the DVHs of different organs at risk were predicted by a trained GRU-based RNN using the information given by individual conformal beams. Based on the predicted DVHs, the equivalent uniform doses (EUD) were calculated and applied as dose constraints during treatment planning optimization. The regenerated VMAT experimental plans (EPs) were evaluated by comparing them with the clinical plans (CPs).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      For the 20 test patients, the regenerated EPs guided by the GRU-RNN predictive model achieved good consistency relative to the CPs. The EPs showed better consistency in PTV dose distribution and better dose sparing for many organs at risk, and significant differences were found in the maximum\/mean doses to the brainstem, brainstem PRV, spinal cord, lenses, temporal lobes, parotid glands and larynx with\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      -values &lt;\u20090.05. On average, compared with the CPs, the maximum\/mean doses to these OARs were altered by \u2212\u20093.44\u2009Gy, \u2212\u20091.94\u2009Gy, \u2212\u20091.88\u2009Gy, 0.44\u2009Gy, 1.98\u2009Gy, \u2212\u20091.82\u2009Gy and 2.27\u2009Gy, respectively. In addition, significant differences were also found in brainstem and spinal cord for the dose received by 1\u2009cc volume with 4.11 and 1.67\u2009Gy dose reduction in EPs on average.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The GRU-RNN-based DVH prediction method was capable of accurate DVH prediction. The regenerated plans guided by the predicted EUDs were not inferior to the manual plans, had better consistency in PTVs and better dose sparing in critical OARs, indicating the usefulness and effectiveness of biologically related model in knowledge-based planning.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13014-020-01623-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,15]],"date-time":"2020-09-15T08:02:55Z","timestamp":1600156975000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Application of dose-volume histogram prediction in biologically related models for nasopharyngeal carcinomas treatment planning"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Wufei","family":"Cao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yongdong","family":"Zhuang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lixin","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7276-0787","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaowei","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,15]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"1623_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1481","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2009.01.018","volume":"75","author":"WK Tham","year":"2009","unstructured":"Tham WK, Hee SW, Yeo MC, et al. 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