Automated qualitative description of anatomical changes in radiotherapy

A method for monitoring one or more anatomical changes in a subject in radiation therapy, the method comprising:

• receiving and analyzing, by an analysis unit, first and subsequent anatomical image data of the subject;
• identifying, by a change state identification unit, one or more changes between the first and subsequent anatomical image data as respective change states, wherein identifying changes comprises using a trained learning algorithm for change state identification;
• matching, by a qualitative translator, the identified respective change states to corresponding qualitative descriptions;
• and
• providing, by a reporting unit, a monitoring report comprising one or more qualitative descriptions of the identified respective change states.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions stored thereon which, when performed by a processor of a computing device, cause the processor to:

• receive and analyze first and subsequent anatomical image data of a subject in radiation therapy;
• identify one or more changes between the first and subsequent anatomical image data as respective change states, wherein identifying one or more changes comprises using a trained learning algorithm for change state identification;
• match the respective change states to corresponding qualitative descriptions;
• and
• provide a monitoring report comprising qualitative descriptions of respective change states.