Automatic segmentation of thoracic and pelvic CT images for radiotherapy planning using implicit anatomic knowledge and organ-specific segmentation strategies

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1751-1771

  Haas, B ^a   Coradi, T ^a   Scholz, M ^a,b   Kunz, P ^a   Huber, M ^a   Oppitz, U ^c   Andre L ^c   Lengkeek, V ^c   Huyskens, D ^c   Van Esch, A ^c   Reddick, R ^d  

^a VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Lindenhofspital ^*  (Belgium)

^d VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY;

ANATOMIC ORIENTATION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THORAX; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41049088416     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/6/017     Document Type: Article

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