Glioblastomas are among the most common and aggressive primary brain tumors. It is usually treated with a combination of surgical resection, followed with concurrent chemo- and radiotherapy. However, the infiltrative nature of the tumor makes its control particularly challenging. Biophysical model personalization allows one to automatically define patient specific therapy plans which maximize survival rates. In this thesis, we focused on the elaboration of tools to personalize radiotherapy planning. First, we studied the impact of taking into account the vasogenic edema into the planning. We studied a database of patients treated with anti-angiogenic drug, revealing a posteriori the presence of the edema. Second, we studied the relationship between the uncertainty in the tumor segmentation and dose distribution. For that, we present an approach in order to efficiently sample multiple plausible segmentations from a single expert one. Third, we personalized a tumor growth model to seven patients’ MR images. We used a Bayesian approach in order to estimate the uncertainty in the personalized parameters of the model. Finally, we showed how combining a personalized model of tumor growth with a dose response model could be used to automatically define patient specific dose distribution. The promising results of our approaches offer new perspectives for personalized therapy planning.
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