Invited Presentations
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Deep Learning for treatment planning
(2025)
Deep Learning in Radiotherapy, Utrecht
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(Online) automated treatment planning (for proton therapy) - Balancing speed and quality
(2024)
PSI, Switserland
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Real-time treatment planning for Proton Therapy
(2023)
HollandPTC Lustrum, Delft, The Netherlands
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Automated and online-adaptive planning for proton therapy - balancing speed and quality
(2023)
PPRIG 2023, Teddington, UK
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Mathemati(cian/cs) in radiotherapy
(2023)
MathRad Clinical Workshop, Teddington, UK
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Automated treatment planning -- Past, Present and Future
(2023)
IPEM, Sheffield, UK
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Machine Learning for automated treatment planning
(2022)
ESTRO-ACPSEM session at EPSM
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Automated planning for online adaptive radiotherapy
(2022)
NVRO-NVKF scientific meeting, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Automated and instantaneous treatment planning
(2022)
Seminar at Division of Radiation BioPhysics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
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Deep learning and/or mathematical optimisation for automated planning
(2021)
ESTRO 2021, Madrid, Spain
(Radiother. Oncol. 161 S453)
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The path to automated treatment planing (and how to automate also that)
(2020)
The Institute of Cancer Research, London
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Automated multi-criteria treatment planning in radiotherapy
(2019)
Linköping Universität
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A (non)convex interior-point implementation tuned for radiotherapy optimisation
(2018)
23rd International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Bordeaux, France
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On the clinical importance of optimization of radiotherapy plans
(2017)
PhD Symposium Marleen Balvert, Tilburg University
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From Mathematics to Radiotherapy
(2016)
Career Event WISV Christiaan Huygens, TU Delft
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Giving each patient the best treatment technically possible
(2016)
TEDxDelft (VIDEO)
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Multi-Criteria Optimisation and Decision-Making in Radiotherapy
(2016)
28th European Conference on Operational Research, Poznań, Poland
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Multi-criteria optimisation in radiation therapy treatment planning
(2016)
T.U.E.S.Day Christiaan Huygens Lunchlezing, TU Delft
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Automated treatment planning at the Erasmus MC
(2015)
Tilburg University
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Automated Planning for ART
(2015)
From vision to sight: the MRI linac, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Towards Automated Treatment Planning in Radiotherapy
(2015)
23rd International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Hamburg, Germany
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Automated Plan Generation
(2015)
3rd ESTRO Forum, Symposium, Barcelona, Spain
(Radiother. Oncol. 111 S305)
(DOI)
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Automated multi-criteria plan optimisation works! The techniques behind it
(2015)
EURO Mini Conference - Improving Healthcare: New Challenges, New Approaches, Coimbra, Portugal
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Automated Treatment Planning
(2015)
NVKF Conference, Zeist, The Netherlands
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Automated multi-criterial treatment planning
(2014)
Medical Physics Seminar DKFZ, Heidelberg
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Automated multi-criterial treatment planning and Pareto navigation
(2014)
ESTRO 33, Teaching Lecture, Vienna, Austria
(Radiother. Oncol. 111 S79-S80)
(DOI)
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Current Advancements in Treatment Planning and Optimization: Templates and Automatic Plan Generation
(2014)
ESTRO 33, Teaching Course, Vienna, Austria
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Towards automated treatment planning in radiotherapy
(2013)
UMC Utrecht
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Automating treatment planning using the multi-level wish-list and its application to fast online re-planning
(2011)
21st International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Jyväskylä, Finland
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Optimization of treatment plans in radiotherapy
(2007)
Christiaan Huygens study association, TU Delft
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A multi-criteria approach for generation of a single solution
(2007)
Radboud UMC
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Wiskunde in de radiotherapie
(2007)
Docentendag TU Delft
Presentations at International Conferences
2025
- Kong W., Huiskes M., Habraken S., Astreinidou E., Rasch C., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2025)
A novel algorithm for automated discrete PAT optimisation - comparisons with current IMPT
PTCOG
- Kong W., Huiskes M., Habraken S., Astreinidou E., Rasch C., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2025)
Automated patient-specific beam angle optimisatin in IMPT for oropharyngeal cancer
PTCOG
- van Zon M., Breedveld S., Hoogeman S. & Habraken S.
(2025)
Increasing robustness against FLASH model uncertainties by using pencil-beam delivery pattern optimization in proton therapy
PTCOG
- de Jong J., Habraken S., Korevaar E., Unipan M., Breedveld S. & Hoogeman M.
(2025)
Probabilistic evaluation with summarizing dose distributions reduces interpatient variation in dosimetric outcomes
PTCOG
- Kong W., Huiskes M., Habraken S., Astreinidou E., Rasch C., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2025)
Is there added value to discrete proton arc therapy?
ESTRO
- Kong W., Huiskes M., Habraken S., Astreinidou E., Rasch C., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2025)
Automated patient-specific beam angle optimisation in IMPT – a novel fast algorithm with validation
ESTRO
- de Jong J., Habraken S., Rojo-Santiago J., Lathouwers D., Perkó Z., Breedveld S. & Hoogeman M.
(2025)
Probabilistic IMPT planning with realistic setup and range uncertainties improves OAR sparing or target coverage in neuro-oncological targets
ESTRO
- Oud M., Breedveld S., Ng Wei Siang K., Cassetta R., Habraken S., Perkó Z., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2025)
Coping with CT number inaccuracies in CBCT-based online-adaptive IMPT planning
ESTRO
- van Zon M., Breedveld S., Hoogeman M. & Habraken S.
(2025)
Increasing robustness against FLASH model uncertainties by using pencil-beam delivery pattern optimization in proton therapy
ESTRO
- Chen L., den Toom W., Sharfo A-W., Rossi L., Heijmen B., Breedveld S., Seppenwoolde Y. & Méndez Romero A.
(2025)
From non-coplanar CyberKnife to coplanar Ethos in liver SBRT?
ESTRO
- Huiskes M., Kong W., Breedveld S., Crama K., Habraken S., Heijmen B., Rasch C. & Astreinidou E.
(2025)
Validation of automated IMPT- and joint proton transmission beam-IMPT planning for nasopharyngeal cancer patients
ESTRO
2024
- Rossi L., Bijman R., Westerveld H., Christianen M., Luthart L., Huge M., Kolkman-Deurloo I-K., Mens J-W., Abusaris H., de Boer R., Breedveld S., Heijmen B. & Nout R.
(2024)
Clinically implemented automated treatment planning for cervical cancer brachytherapy: BiCycle
WCB
- Kolkman-Deurloo I-K., Rossi L., Zolnay A., Christianen M., Westerveld H., Luthart L., Huge M., Sheremet A., Breedveld S., Schillemans W., Nout R. & Heijmen B.
(2024)
In-House Developed Medical Device Software BiCycle for Automated BT Treatment Planning, Compliant with the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR)
WCB
- Kong W., Huiskes M. Habraken S., Rasch C., Astreinidou E., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2024)
Fully-automated integrated multi-criterial optimisation of transmission pencil beams in IMPT for penumbra sharpening
ICCR
- Van Genderingen J. Nguyen D., Knuth F., Nomer H., Incrocci L., Sharfo A-W., Oelfke U., Jiang S., Rossi L., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2024)
The impact of training dataset size and model size on the accuracy of deep learning dose prediction
ICCR
- Nomer H., Knuth F., van Genderingen J. Nguyen D., Sattler M., Oelfke U., Jiang S., Rossi L., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2024)
Fast robust dose evaluation for IMPT using deep learning
ICCR
- Knuth F., Oud M., Kong W., Nomer H., van Genderingen J., Rossi L., Habraken S., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2024)
Fast many-scenario robust IMPT planning through constrained dose-mimicking
ICCR
- Kong W., Huiskes M. Habraken S., Astreinidou E., Rasch C., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2024)
Fully automated integrated multi-criterial optimisation of transmission pencil beams in IMPT for enhanced lateral dose fall-off
PTCOG
- Oud M., Breedveld S., Ng Wei Siang K., Giżyńska M., Habraken S., Perkó Z., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2024)
CBCT-based online adaptive IMPT with inreased range-robustness to compensate for HU inaccuracies
PTCOG
- Rossi L., Bijman R., Westerveld H., Christianen M., Luthart L., Huge M., Kolkman-Deurloo I-K., Mens J-W., Abusaris H., de Boer R., Breedveld S., Heijmen B. & Nout R.
(2024)
Clinician preferred, fast autoplanning in cervical cancer brachytherapy using BiCycle
ESTRO
- Nomer H., Knuth F., van Genderingen J., Nguyen D., Sattler M., Oelfke U., Jiang S., Rossi L., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2024)
Dose predictions in all IMPT robustness scenarios with a single deep learning model
ESTRO
- Kong W., Huiskes M. Habraken S., Astreinidou E., Rasch C., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2024)
Enhanced IMPT dose fall-off by optimised integration of Bragg peaks and transmission pencil beams
ESTRO
- De Jong J., Rojo-Santiago J., Habraken S., Lathouwers D., Perkó Z., Breedveld S. & Hoogeman M.
(2024)
Probabilistic consistency of voxel-wise robustness evaluation in IMPT for neuro-oncological patients
ESTRO
- Oud M., Breedveld S., Giżyńska M., Habraken S., Perkó Z., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2024)
Comparing adaptive IMPT strategies: workload and fraction duration versus dosimetric benefit
ESTRO
- Knuth F., Oud M., Kong W., Nomer H., van Genderingen J., Rossi L., Habraken S., Heijmen B. & Breedveld
(2024)
Fast many-scenario IMPT planning through constrained dose-mimicking
ESTRO
2023
- Oud M., Breedveld S., Giżyńska M., Habraken S., Perkó, Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2023)
First demonstration of robust online dose restoration evaluated with extensive robustness analysis for H&N IMPT
PTCOG
- Kong W., Oud M., Habraken S., Huiskes M., Astreinidou E., Rasch C., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2023)
Fast and fully-automated IMPT planning via sparsity induced spot selection (SISS)
PTCOG
- Huiskes M., Kong W., Astreinidou E., Crama K., Breedveld S., Heijmen B. & Rasch C.
(2023)
Fully automated robust multi-criterial treatment planning for HNC IMPT
Radiother. Oncol. 182 S220-S221
- Kuipers S., Godart J., Corbeau A., Breedveld S., de Boer S., Mens J-W., Nout R. & Hoogeman M
(2023)
Systematic analysis of bone marrow sparing for the treatment of cervical cancer with IMPT
Radiother. Oncol. 182 S179-S180
- Rossi L., Chopra S., Bijman R., Mittal P., Panda S., Breedveld S., Nout R. & Heijmen B.
(2023)
External validation of automated adaptive planning for EMBRACE II cervical cancer brachytherapy
Radiother. Oncol. 182 S92-S93
- Oud M., Breedveld S., Giżyńska M., Habraken S., Perkó Z., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2023)
Practical and effective ART alternatives in H&amo;N IMPT approaching daily in-room replanning quality
Radiother. Oncol. 182 S224-S225
- Giżyńska M., Oud M., Breedveld S., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2023)
Automatic target delineation in on-line adaptive H&N IMPT with plan library approach. Are we ready?
Radiother. Oncol. 182 S673-S675
- Hordnes M., Fjellanger K., Sandvik I-M., Heijmen B., Breedveld S., Rossi L, Husevåg Sulen T., Pettersen H. & Hysing L.
(2023)
MCO-based training of RapidPlan for lung cancer improves sparing of heart and oesophagus
Radiother. Oncol. 182 S1318-S1319
- Rossi L., Panico N., Breedveld S., Lanconelli N., Nout R. & Heijmen B.
(2023)
Automated MCO to assess dosimetric price-to-pay for control on loading pattern in cervical cancer BT
Radiother. Oncol. 182 S1940-S1942
- Fjellanger K., Rossi L., Heijmen B., Pettersen H., Sandvik T-M., Breedveld S., Husevåg Sulen T. & Hysing L.
(2023)
Patient selection for DIBH radiotherapy of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Radiother. Oncol. 182 S782-S783
- Kong W., Oud M., Habraken S., Huiskes M., Astreinidou E., Rasch C., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2023)
Fast and fully-automated robust multi-criterial IMPT planning via sparsity induced spot selection
Radiother. Oncol. 182 S222-S223
- Genderingen J., Nguygen D., Knuth F., Nomer H., Incrocci L., Sharfo A-W., Oelfke U., Jiang S., Rossi L., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2023)
Is more and bigger also better? Impact of dataset and model size in deep learning dose prediction
Radiother. Oncol. 182 S676-677
2022
- Habraken S., Breedveld S., Groen J., Nuyttens J., van Vulpen M. & Hoogeman M.
(2022)
Conformity of equivalent dose to target in fractionated stereotactic FLASH PT with shoot-through beams of early stage lung cancer
FLASH Radiotherapy and PT Conference
- Oud M., Breedveld S., Giżyńska M., Perkó Z., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2022)
Can we avoid complex daily online replanning via online adaptive plan library strategies for head and neck IMPT?
PTCOG
- Oud M., Breedveld S., Giżyńska M., Kroesen M., Hutschemaekers S. Habraken S., Petit S., Perkó Z., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2022)
Plan library based online adaptive IMPT for head and neck cancer
Radiother. Oncol. 170 S713
- Fjellanger K., Hysing L., Heijmen B., Pettersen H., Sandvik I., Sulen T., Breedveld S. & Rossi L.
(2022)
Integrated beam angle optimization in IMRT autoplanning for lung cancer
Radiother. Oncol. 170 S643
- Rossi L, Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2022)
Pre-treatment generation of ‘per-fraction’ plans to improve on the conventional ‘one-plan’ approach
Radiother. Oncol. 170 S572
- Bijman R., Rossi L., Breedveld S., Kolkman-Deurloo I., Mens J-W., Christianen M., Abusaris H., de Boer R., Rijnsdorp R., Huge M., Heijmen B. & Nout R.
(2022)
Fully automated adaptive multi-criteria planning for EMBRACE II cervical cancer brachytherapy
Radiother. Oncol. 170 S390
- Fjellanger K., Rossi L., Heijmen B., Pettersen H., Breedveld S., Sandvik I., Sulen T. & Hysing L.
(2022)
Advantages of DIBH in IMRT of locally advanced NSCLC systematically investigated with autoplanning
Radiother. Oncol. 170 S247
- José Santo R., Habraken S., Breedveld S. & Hoogeman M.
(2022)
Improved dose rate by scanning-pattern optimization in FLASH proton therapy of small lung lesions
Radiother. Oncol. 170 S242
- Kuipers S., Godart J., Corbeau A., Sharfo A-W., Breedveld S., Mens J-W., Nout R., & Hoogeman M.
(2022)
Pareto front analysis for implementing bone marrow sparing VMAT strategy for cervical cancer
Radiother. Oncol. 170 S106
2021
- Habraken S., Breedveld S., Groen J., Nuytten J., van Vulpen M. & Hoogeman M.
(2021)
The price of FLASH beyond doubt in stereotactic transmission-beam PT of early-stage lung cancer
(Radiother. Oncol. 161 S1542)
- Fjellanger K., Hysing L., Heijmen B., Pettersen H., Sandvik I., Sulen T., Breedveld S., & Rossi L.
(2021)
iCycle-Eclipse: a novel approach to automated multi-criterial treatment planning
(Radiother. Oncol. 161 S577)
- Breedveld S.
(2021)
Deep learning and/or mathematical optimisation for automated planning
(Radiother. Oncol. 161 S453)
- Bijman R., Sharfo A-W., Rossi L., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2021)
Pre-clinical validation of a novel TPS for fully-automated multi-criterial treatment planning
(Radiother. Oncol. 161 S360)
- Sharfo A-W., Dijkstra J., Heijmen B., Lathouwers D., & Breedveld S.
(2021)
Multi-criterial optimization of 200-400 MeV electron beams for strong improvement of photon VMAT
(Radiother. Oncol. 161 S352)
- Schipaanboord B., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2021)
Non-coplanar beam angle optimization in IMRT using a total-beam-space reference plan
(Radiother. Oncol. 161 S217)
2020
- Oud M., Kolkman-Deurloo I-K., Mens J-W., Lathouwers D., Perkó Z., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2020)
Automated multi-criteria treatment planning for adaptive HDR-BT for locally advanced cervical cancer
ESTRO
(DOI)
Received ESTRO-Elekta Brachytherapy Award!
- Heijmen B., Sharfo A., Rossi L., Penninkhof J., Dirkx M. & Breedveld S.
(2020)
Do's and don'ts in automated treatment planning -- optimising conditions and expectations
ESTRO
- Jagt T., Breedveld S., van Haveren R., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2020)
Online-adaptive versus robust IMPT planning for prostate: how much do we gain?
ESTRO
- Hoekstra N., Habraken S., Swaak-Kragten A., Breedveld S., Pignol J-P. & Hoogeman M.
(2020)
Reducing secondary lung cancer risk by optimized planning of accelerated partial breast irradiation
ESTRO
- Schipaanboord B., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2020)
A novel, fast and accurate 3D-dose-based MLC segmentation for robotic radiotherapy
ESTRO
- Bijman R., Rossi L., Janssen T., de Ruijter P., van Triest B., Breedveld S., Sonke, J-J. & Heijmen B.
(2020)
Individualized Beam Angle Selection for MR-Linac Treatment of Rectal Cancer Patients
ESTRO
2019
- Breedveld S., Oud M., Mens J-W., Lathouwers D., Perkó Z., Heijmen B. & Kolkman-Deurloo I-K.
(2019)
A novel system for fast and fully automated multi-criterial treatment planning for cervical cancer HDR brachytherapy
ICCR
- Van Haveren R., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2019)
Automatic parameter tuning of an algorithm for fast automated Pareto-optimal treatment plan generation
ICCR
- Schipaanboord B., Breedveld S., Rossi L., Keijzer M. & Heijmen B.
(2019)
Multi-criterial MLC segmentation to minimize plan quality loss
ICCR
Winner Rising Star Poster Competition!
- Sharfo A-W., Rossi L., Dirkx M., Aluwini S., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2019)
Fully automated multi-criterial beam angle selection to drastically reduce the number of non-coplanar beams in prostate SBRT
ICCR
- Jagt T., Breedveld S., van Haveren R., Nout R., Astreinidou E., Staring M., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2019)
An automated replanning strategy for near real-time adaptive proton therapy
PTCOG
- Rossi L., Sharfo A-W., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2019)
Using automated planning for "bias-free" plan comparison
ESTRO
- Van Haveren R., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2019)
Automated configuration of an algorithm for fully automated Pareto-optimal treatment planning
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Jagt T., Breedveld S., van Haveren R. Nout R., Astreinidou E., Staring M., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2019)
Plan-library supported automated replanning for online-adaptive IMPT of cervical cancer
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Bijman R., Rossi L., Janssen T., De Ruijter P., Carbaat C., Van Triest B., Breedveld S., Sonke J-J. & Heijmen B.
(2019)
First system for fully automated multi-criterial planning for an MR-Linac applied to rectal cancer
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Sharfo A-W., Al-Uwini S., Breedveld S., Rossi L., Dirkx M. & Heijmen B.
(2019)
A two-beam non-coplanar class solution to supplement VMAT in prostate SBRT
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
2018
- Breedveld S., van Haveren R. & Heijmen B.
(2018)
A (non)convex interior-point implementation tuned for radiotherapy optimisation
ISMP
- Van Haveren R., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2018)
Fully Automated Configuration of an Algorithm for Automated Multi-Objective Treatment Planning
AAPM
(Med. Phys.)
- Kolkman-Deurloo I-K., Breedveld S., Bennan A., Al-Uwini S., Schaart D. & Heijmen B.
(2018)
Fast, Fully Automated Multi-Criteria Treatment Planning for Prostate HDR Brachytherapy Dose Escalation
AAPM
(Med. Phys.)
- Jagt T., Breedveld S., van Haveren R., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2018)
An Automated Planning Strategy for Near Real-Time Adaptive Proton Therapy
AAPM
(Med. Phys.)
- Breedveld S., Bennan A., Al-Uwini S., Schaart D., Kolkman-Deurloo I-K. & Heijmen B.
(2018)
Fast automated multi-criteria planning for HDR brachytherapy explored for prostate cancer
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.) (PDF)
- Breedveld S., Rossi L., Keijzer M. & Heijmen B.
(2018)
Treatment time reduction in robotic stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.) (PDF)
- Heijmen B., Bonomo P., Goldner G., Henry A., Lohr F., Simontacchi G., Voet P., Fransen D., Penninkhof J., Milder M., Akhiat A., Casati M., Georg D., Lilley J., Marrazzo L., Pallotta S., Pellegrini R., Seppenwoolde Y., Steil V., Stieler F., Wilson S. & Breedveld S.
(2018)
Inconsistencies in clinicians' final treatment plan evaluations -- a need for automation support
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Sharfo A-W., Dirkx M, Bijman R., Rossi L., Arts T., Breedveld S., Hoogeman M. & Heijmen B.
(2018)
Automated planning and prediction models for bias-free treatment technique selection
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Jagt T., Breedveld S., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2018)
A planning strategy for near real-time adaptive proton therapy
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Schipaanboord B., Breedveld S., Rossi L., Keijzer M. & Heijmen B.
(2018)
Multi-criterial MLC segmentation with column generation, applied to SBRT
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Sharfo A-W., Rossi L., Dirkx M., Breedveld S., Al-Uwini S. & Heijmen B.
Enhanced prostate SBRT using VMAT + a single computer-optimized non-coplanar IMRT beam
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Sharfo A-W., Stieler F., Kupfer O., Heijmen B., Dirkx M., Breedveld S., Wenz F., Lohr F., Boda-Heggemann J. & Buergy D.
(2018)
Automated VMAT planning for postoperative treatment of advanced gastric cancer
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Buschmann M., Sharfo A., Penninkhof J., Seppenwoolde Y., Goldner G., Georg D., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2018)
Fully automated multi-criterial VMAT plan optimization for prostate cancer whole-pelvic radiotherapy
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Petit S., Breedveld S., Unkelbach J., den Hertog D. & Balvert M.
(2018)
Uncertainties in dose-response relations strongly affect the expected gains of (robust) dose-painting
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
2017
- Heijmen B., Voet P., Rossi L., Sharfo A., Wang Y. & Breedveld S.
(2017)
Automated planning, knowledge-based planning and other novelties in treatment planning - how do they work and perform?
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Hoogeman M., Heijmen B., Bijman R. & Breedveld S.
(2017)
From radiotherapy & dosimetry data to better plans
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Rossi L., Méndez Romero A., Milder M., De Klerck E., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2017)
Automated planning to reduce the dose bath in robotic radiosurgery for benign vestibular schwannoma tumors
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Arts T., Breedveld S., de Jong M., Astreinidou E., Tans L., Keskin-Cambay F., Bijman R., Krol S., Van de Water S. & Hoogeman M.
(2017)
Proton therapy patient selection for oropharyngeal cancer patients: the impact of treatment accuracy
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Balvert M., Breedveld S., Unkelbach J., Den Hertog D. & Petit S.
(2017)
Dose-painting planning with uncertainties in dose-response parameters and in patient positioning
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Van Haveren R., Heijmen B., Ogryczak W. & Breedveld S.
(2017)
LRPM for fast automated high quality treatment planning – towards a novel workflow for clinicians
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
Received ESTRO Best Physics Poster Award!
- Sharfo A., Dirkx M., Bijman R., Schillemans W., Breedveld S., Aluwini S., Pos F., Incrocci L. & Heijmen B.
(2017)
Late toxicity in HYPRO randomized trial analyzed by automated planning and intrinsic NTCP-modelling
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Jagt T., Breedveld S., van de Water S., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2017)
Near real-time automated dose restoration in IMPT to compensate for daily tissue density variations
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
2016
- Kontaxis C., Breedveld S., Bol G., Sharfo A-W., Heijmen B., Lagendijk J. & Raaymakers B.
(2016)
Towards a novel treatment planning pipeline delivering Pareto-optimal plans while enabling inter- and intrafraction plan adaptation
AAPM
- Rossi L., Breedveld S., Aluwini S. & Heijmen B.
(2016)
First clinical system for fully automated planning for non-coplanar CyberKnife: Comparison with coplanar VMAT for prostate SBRT
ECMP
(Phys. Medica 32 S2-e58) (DOI)
- Breedveld S., van Haveren R., Ogryczak W. & Heijmen B.
(2016)
Evaluation of Fast and Fuzzy Hierarchical Decision-Making for Automated Multi-Criterial Treatment Planning (AMTP) for Head-and-Neck Cancer
ICCR
- Van Haveren R., Heijmen B., Ogryczak W. & Breedveld S.
(2016)
LRPM: a fast lexicographic multi-objective optimiser for automated treatment planning
ICCR
- Jagt T., Breedveld S., van de Water S., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2016)
Near real-time dose restoration in IMPT to compensate for tissue density variations
ICCR
- Heijmen B., Henry A. & Breedveld S.
(2016)
Standardisation and treatment planning
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Heijmen B., Voet P., Fransen D., Bonomo P., Casati M., Georg D., Goldner G., Henry A., Lilley J., Lohr F., Marrazzo L., Milder M., Pallotta S., Penninkhof J., Seppenwoolde Y., Simontacchi G., Steil V., Stieler F., Wilson S., Akhiat H., Pellegrini R. & Breedveld S.
(2016)
Fully automated VMAT plan generation – an international multi-institutional validation study
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Wang Y., Breedveld S., Heijmen B. & Petit S.
(2016)
Evaluation of models for plan QA using fully automated Pareto-optimal plans for prostate patients
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Rossi L., Breedveld S., Al-Uwini S. & Heijmen B.
(2016)
Fully automated planning for non-coplanar CyberKnife prostate SBRT - comparison with automatic VMAT
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Hoogeman M., Arts T., van de Water S., Van der Voort S., Perko Z., Lathouwers D., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2016)
Selection of patients for proton therapy: a physicist’s view
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Dirkx M., Sharfo A., Voet P., Della Galla G., Rossi L., Fransen D., Penninkhof J., Hoogeman M., Petit S., Méndez Romero A., Mens J-W., Incrocci L., Hoekstra N., Van de Pol M., Aluwini S., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2016)
Fully automated treatment plan generation using Erasmus-iCycle – the Rotterdam experience
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
- Sharfo A., Dirkx M., Breedveld S., Méndez Romero A. & Heijmen B.
(2016)
VMAT plus few optimized non-coplanar IMRT beams is equivalent to multi-beam non-coplanar liver SBRT
ESTRO
(Radiother. Oncol.)
2015
- Heijmen B., Voet P., Rossi L., Sharfo A., van de Water S., Dirkx M., Hoogeman M. & Breedveld S.
(2015)
Automated IMRT and VMAT planning for standardization in radiotherapy with improved treatment quality and reduced workload
IPEM
- Hoogeman M., Van de Water S., Van der Voort S., Van Dam I., Perko Z., Breedveld S. Lathouwers D. & Heijmen B.
(2015)
Protons: Feasibility and economic model
ECMP
(Phys. Medica 31 S2-e26) (DOI)
- Heijmen B., Sharfo A., Breedveld S., Heijkoop S., Mens J-W. & Hoogeman M.
(2015)
Fully Automated Treatment Plan Generation for Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
ASTRO (Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 93 S216)
(DOI)
- Breedveld S., Lindenberg K. & Heijmen B.
(2015)
Pythia: development of an oracle for automated treatment plan selection in radiation therapy
MCDM
- Van Haveren R., Ogryczak W., Verduijn G., Voet P., Keijzer M., Heijmen B. & Breedveld S.
(2015)
A Lexicographic Optimiser for Fully Automated Multi-Objective Optimisation in Radiotherapy
MCDM
- Heijmen B., Voet P., Dirkx M., Sharfo A., Rossi L., van de Water S., Fransen D., Penninkhof J., Hoogeman M., Petit S., Méndez Romero A., Mens J-W., Incrocci L. & Breedveld S.
(2015)
Automatic Planning Strategies
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 115 S55)
(DOI)
- Rossi L., Breedveld S., Al-Uwini S. & Heijmen B.
(2015)
Coplanar and non-coplanar plan optimization in prostate SBRT
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 115 S176-S177)
(DOI)
- Sharfo A., Dirkx M., Breedveld S., Heijmen B. & Méndez Romero A.
(2015)
Knowledge-Based Automated VMAT Planning for Liver Metastases
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 115 S474-S475)
(DOI)
2014
- Heijmen B., Voet P., Dirkx M., Sharfo A., Rossi L., Fransen D., Penninkhof J., Hoogeman M., Petit S., Mens J-W., Méndez Romero A., Al-Mamgani A., Incrocci L. & Breedveld
(2014)
Fully automated treatment plan generation in daily routine
ECMP (Phys. Medica 30 S1-e2)
(DOI)
- Heijmen B., Voet P., Dirkx M., Sharfo A., Rossi L., Fransen D., Penninkhof J., Hoogeman M., Petit S., Mens J-W., Méndez Romero A., Al-Mamgani A., Incrocci L. & Breedveld
(2014)
Fully Automatic IMRT and VMAT Treatment Planning in Routine Clinical Practice
ASTRO (Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 90 S871)
(DOI)
- Breedveld S.
(2014)
Towards automated treatment planning in radiotherapy
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 111 S80)
(DOI,PDF)
- Sharfo A., Voet P., Breedveld S., Heijkoop S., Hoogeman M. & Heijmen B.
(2014)
IMRT improves plan quality for cervical cancer patients compared to VMAT
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 111 S39)
(DOI)
- Heijmen B., van Haveren R., Voet P. & Breedveld S.
(2014)
A fast lexicographic optimizer for fully automated multi-objective plan generation
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 111 S154-S155)
(DOI)
- Voet P., Dirkx M., Breedveld S., Al-Mamgani A., Incrocci L. & Heijmen B.
(2014)
Fully automated VMAT plan generation for prostate cancer patients
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 111 S151)
(DOI)
- Penninkhof J., Spadola S., Breedveld S., Baaijes M. & Heijmen B.
(2014)
Improving breast radiotherapy through supported decision-making and automated planning
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 111 S119)
(DOI)
- Rossi L., Breedveld S., Aluwini S. & Heijmen B.
(2014)
Development of a beam angle class solution to replace full beam angle optimization in non-coplanar prostate SBRT
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 111 S78-S79)
(DOI)
2013
- Voet P., Dirkx M., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2013)
Automated multicriterial plan generation with optimal beam angles for prostate cancer patients with hip prostheses
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 106 S191)
(DOI)
- Rossi L., Heijmen B., Breedveld, Voet P. & Aluwini S.
(2013)
Strongly reduced rectum dose for prostate treatment with non-coplanar beam setup of a Cyberknife equipped with an MLC
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 106 S166)
(DOI)
- Van de Water S., Kraan A., Breedveld S., Schillemans W., Teguh D., Kooy H., Madden T., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2013)
Improving IMPT treatment planning using iterative resampling of randomly placed pencil beams
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 106 S132)
(DOI)
- Dirkx M., Voet P., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2013)
Automated Multicriterial Plan Generation for Prostate Cancer Patients with Metal Hip Prostheses: Comparison of Planning Strategies
AAPM (Med. Phys. 40 380)
(DOI)
2012
- Heijmen B., Rossi L., Breedveld S., Voet P., Lanconelli N. & Aluwini S.
(2012)
On the extend of the beam direction search space in computerized non-coplanar beam angle optimization for IMRT
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 103 S360)
(DOI)
- Voet P., Dirkx M., Breedveld S., Fransen D., Levendag P. & Heijmen B.
(2012)
Towards fully automated multi-criterial plan generation: a prospective clinical study
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 103 S219)
(DOI)
- Wang Y., Incrocci L., Zolnay A., Joosten H., Breedveld S., McNutt T., Heijmen B. & Petit S.
(2012)
A novel software tool to guide dosimetrists to efficiently generate high quality prostate IMRT treatment plans
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 103 S139)
(DOI)
- Van de Water S., Kraan A., Breedveld S., Teguh D., Madden T., Kooy H., Heijmen B. & Hoogeman M.
(2012)
Improved multi-criteria optimization for intensity modulated proton therapy using iterative resampling of randomly placed pencil-beams
AAPM (Med. Phys. 39 3981)
(DOI)
- Voet P., Rossi L., Breedveld S., Aluwini S. & Heijmen B.
(2012)
Plan quality in computerized non-coplanar IMRT beam angle optimization is highly dependent on the extent of the beam direction search space
AAPM (Med. Phys. 39 3855)
(DOI)
- Voet P., Dirkx M., Breedveld S., Fransen D., Levendag P. & Heijmen B.
(2012)
Towards Fully Automated multi-criterial plan generation: a prospective clinical study
AAPM (Med. Phys. 39 3848)
(DOI)
2011
- Heijmen B., Bin Kassim I., Breedveld S., Voet P., Woudstra E. & Méndez Romero A.
(2011)
Computer optimized non-coplanar beam arrangements in intensity-modulated liver SBRT versus VMAT and coplanar IMRT
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 99 S502)
(DOI)
- Leinders S., Seppenwoolde Y., Breedveld S., Vásquez Osorio E., Méndez Romero A. & Heijmen B.
(2011)
Adaptive liver SBRT: daily re-planning to compensate for non-rigid anatomy changes improves dose distributions
ESTRO (Radioth. Oncol 99 S218)
(DOI)
- Voet P., Breedveld S., Dirkx M. & Heijmen B.
(2011)
Fully integrated computerized optimization of beam angles and fluences in (non)-coplanar IMRT and implications for VMAT
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 99 S126-S127)
(DOI)
- Dirkx M., Voet P., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2011)
Fully integrated computerized beam angle optimization for coplanar and non-coplanar IMRT treatments of head and neck-cancer patients and implications for VMAT
AAPM (Med. Phys. 38 3672)
(DOI)
- Leinders S., Seppenwoolde Y., Breedveld S., Vásquez Osorio E., Méndez Romero A. & Heijmen B.
(2011)
Adaptive liver SBRT: daily re-planning to compensate for non-rigid anatomy changes improves dose distributions
AAPM (Med. Phys. 38 3634)
(DOI)
2010
- Breedveld S., Storchi P., Bondar M., Vásquez Osorio E., Hoogeman M. & Heijmen B.
(2010)
A fast and accurate automated method for online re-planning in adaptive radiotherapy
ICCR
(PDF)
- Van de Water S., Hoogeman M., Breedveld S. & Heijmen B.
(2010)
Shortening treatment time in robotic radiosurgery by novel node reduction techniques
AAPM (Med. Phys. 37 3421)
(DOI)
- Breedveld S., Storchi P., Bondar M., Vásquez Osorio E., Hoogeman M. & Heijmen B.
(2010)
Fast on-line plan adjustment for adaptive radiotherapy evaluated for prostate and cervical cancer
ASTRO (Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 78 S744-S745)
(DOI,PDF)
2009
- Breedveld S., Storchi P. & Heijmen B.
(2009)
Multi-criteria beam angle IMRT optimization with iCycle
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 92 S204)
(DOI,PDF)
- Van de Water S., Hoogeman M., Breedveld S., Nuyttens J. & Heijmen B.
(2009)
A Variable Circular Collimator: A time-efficient alternative for a multi-leaf collimator in robotic radiosurgery?
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 92 S115)
(DOI)
- Heijmen B., van de Water S., Breedveld S., Nuyttens J. & Hoogeman M.
(2009)
A Variable Circular Collimator: A time-efficient alternative for a multi-leaf collimator in robotic radiosurgery?
ASTRO (Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 75 S674-S675)
(DOI)
2007
- Heijmen B., Breedveld S., Storchi P. & Keijzer M.
(2007)
A fully automatic multi-criteria algorithm for optimizing constraints for IMRT
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 84 S30)
(DOI)
- Breedveld S., Storchi P., Keijzer M. & Heijmen B.
(2007)
Automated adaption of voxel-dependent importance factors in inverse planning
ICCR (PDF1,PDF2)
2005
- Breedveld S., Storchi P. & Heijmen B.
(2005)
A robust and fast algorithm for IMRT optimization with dose-volume constraints
ESTRO (Radiother. Oncol. 76 S169)
(DOI,PDF)
Other Presentations (mostly invited)
- Breedveld
(2020)
The path to automated treatment planning (and how to automate also that)
The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Breedveld
(2019)
Automated multi-criteria treatment planning in radiation therapy
Symposium around licentiate thesis defence by Björn Morén, Linköping, Sweden
- Breedveld S.
(2016)
Multi-Criteria Optimisation in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning
Lunchlezing, WISV Christiaan Huygens, TU Delft, The Netherlands
- Breedveld S.
(2016)
Automated Multi-citerial Treatment Planning: what, why and how?
Wiskundige/numerieke methoden in de klinische fysica - Afscheidssymposium Henk Huizenga, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Breedveld S.
(2016)
Radiation Therapy Optimisation
Career after University, WISV Christiaan Huygens, TU Delft, The Netherlands
- Breedveld S., Van Haveren R., Van de Water S., Keijzer M., Sharfo B., Rossi L. & Heijmen B.
(2015)
Radiotherapy Treatment Planning
Mini Symposium, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- Breedveld S.
(2014)
Automated multi-criterial treatment planning
DKFZ - German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Breedveld S.
(2013)
Towards Automated Treatment Planning in Radiotherapy
Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Breedveld S.
(2012)
Optimization in cancer treatment: indefinitely a problem? - an application
Recent Developments in the Solution of Indefinite Systems, 3TU, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
(PDF,PDF2)
- Breedveld S., Storchi P., Bondar M., Vásquez Osorio E., Hoogeman M. & Heijmen B.
(2010)
A fast and accurate automated method for online re-planning in adaptive radiotherapy
Center for Advanced Radiotherapy Technologies, UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA
- Breedveld S.
(2010)
Non-coplanar multi-criterial beam angle optimization with iCycle
Kring voor Radiotherapeutische en Klinische Fysica, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(PDF)
- Breedveld S.
(2007)
Wiskunde in de Radiotherapie
Decanen en Docentendag EWI, TU Delft, The Netherlands
(PDF)
- Breedveld S., Storchi P., Keijzer M., Heemink A. & Heijmen B.
(2007)
A multi-criteria approach for generation of a single solution
Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
(PDF)
- Breedveld S., Storchi P., Keijzer M. & Heijmen B.
(2007)
A general multi-criteria approach for iterative (re)optimization
Kring voor Radiotherapeutische en Klinische Fysica, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
(PDF)