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About
Linda Rossi is a medical physics researcher whose work centers on radiotherapy treatment planning, with particular expertise in robotic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). Her most significant contributions lie in the development and validation of automated and multi-criterial treatment planning systems, particularly for prostate cancer and challenging benign tumor cases treated with CyberKnife and other robotic platforms. Rossi's most cited work (60 citations) explored beam direction search spaces within the iCycle algorithm, advancing the field's understanding of non-coplanar beam angle optimization for prostate SBRT. Building on this foundation, she pioneered fully automated planning solutions for robotic radiosurgery, demonstrating their competitive performance against volumetric arc therapy — work that has attracted 34 citations and helped establish automation as a clinical reality. Her investigations into noncoplanar beam angle class solutions and novel optimizers such as VOLO™ further reduced planning times and improved organ-at-risk sparing. Notably, she extended automated planning to benign tumors such as vestibular schwannoma, addressing secondary tumor risk through dose bath reduction. Across her portfolio, Rossi's research has meaningfully accelerated the translation of intelligent, automated radiotherapy planning into routine clinical practice.
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- 5Fully automated treatment planning for MLC‐based robotic radiotherapy12 citations · 2021
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