With DVH Analytics, we have developed a free, open‐source software program to parse, organize, and analyze non‐image‐based DICOM data for use in a radiation oncology setting. Furthermore, an example of the predictive regression tool is reported, where a model was constructed to predict maximum dose to brainstem based on minimum distance from planning target volume ( PTV) and treatment beam source‐to‐skin distance ( SSD). From these data, differences in means, correlations, and temporal trends in dose to multiple organs‐at‐risk ( OARs) were observed. For proof‐of‐concept, a database with over 3,000 DVHs from a single physician's head & neck practice was built. This software is open‐source and compatible with Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. DVH Analytics is developed using Python, including libraries such as pydicom, dicompyler, psycopg2, SciPy, Statsmodels, and Bokeh for parsing DICOM files, computing DVHs, communicating with a Postgre SQL database, performing statistical analyses, and creating a web‐based user interface. Furthermore, the software provides various analytical tools for plan evaluations, plan comparisons, benchmarking, and plan outcome predictions. Dose‐volume histogram ( DVH) and planning data are imported into a SQL database, and methods are provided to manage, edit, view, and download data. In this study, we build a vendor‐agnostic software application capable of importing and analyzing non‐image‐based DICOM files for various radiation treatment modalities (i.e., DICOM RT Dose, RT Structure, and RT Plan files).
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