Reduce in Variation and Improve Efficiency of Target Volume Delineation by a Computer-Assisted System Using a Deformable Image Registration Approach

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1512-1521

  Chao, K S Clifford ^a   Bhide, Shreerang ^b   Chen, Hansen ^c   Asper, Joshua ^d   Bush, Steven ^e   Franklin, Gregg ^e   Kavadi, Vivek ^f   Liengswangwong, Vichaivood ^g   Gordon, William ^g   Raben, Adam ^c   Strasser, Jon ^c   Koprowski, Christopher ^c   Frank, Steven ^a   Chronowski, Gregory ^a   Ahamad, Anesa ^a   Malyapa, Robert ^h   Zhang, Lifei ^a   Dong, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f TEXAS ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^g Minnesota Oncology Hematology ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto segmentation; Computer assisted; Contour variations; Deformable image registration; Target delineation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

COMPUTER ASSISTED SYSTEMS; CONTOUR VARIATIONS; DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION; TARGET VOLUME DELINEATION;

IMAGE REGISTRATION;

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERFEROMETRY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET ORGAN; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TUMOR; VOLUMETRY;

EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 34547484895     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.037     Document Type: Article

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