Evaluation of a segmentation procedure to delineate organs for use in construction of a radiation therapy planning atlas

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-55

  Qatarneh, Sharif M ^a   Noz, Marilyn E ^b   Hyödynmaa, Simo ^c   Maguire Jr , Gerald Q ^d   Kramer, Elissa L ^b   Crafoord, Joakim ^e  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Active contour model; Matching transformation; Radiation therapy planning; Segmentation; Whole body atlas

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

WHOLE BODY ATLAS (WBA);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLAS; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORGAN; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037212260     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(02)00079-5     Document Type: Article

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