Method and system for automated quality assurance and automated treatment planning in radiation therapy

A method for generating a proposed treatment plan for radiation therapy, the method comprising:

• obtaining a set of patient data for a patient including a set of image data for at least one treatment site;
• determining a treatment plan class, from a plurality of predefined treatment plan classes, each predefined treatment plan class defining one or more treatment plan features relevant to treatment of a respective treatment site;
• calculating a proposed dose map by determining a dosage over a volume depicted in the set of image data according to a first set of rules defining expected relationships between an applied dosage, the determined treatment plan class, and at least one feature of the set of image data;
• determining one or more treatment plan parameters for achieving the proposed dose map according to a second set of rules defining expected relationships between the applied dosage and treatment plans;
• generating as output the proposed treatment plan including the one or more determined treatment plan parameters;
• and
• displaying a visualization of the proposed dose map on a display device, wherein the visualization further comprises providing, with the visualization, a user interface for receiving user input,
• wherein the first set of rules includes at least one of a rule generated by computer learning based on historical data, a mathematical function relating dose values of the proposed dose map to the at least one feature of the set of image data, or a general rule governing dose maps entered manually.