Performance Evaluation of Automatic Anatomy Segmentation Algorithm on Repeat or Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography Images Using Deformable Image Registration Method

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 210-219

  Wang, He ^a   Garden, Adam S ^a   Zhang, Lifei ^a   Wei, Xiong ^a   Ahamad, Anesa ^a   Kuban, Deborah A ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   O'Daniel, Jennifer ^a   Zhang, Yongbin ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Dong, Lei ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Auto contouring; Auto segmentation; Deformable image registration; Image guided radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SURFACES; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOMOGRAPHY;

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; ANATOMIC REGIONS; AUTO-CONTOURING; AUTO-SEGMENTATION; BOUNDARY SMOOTHING; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; CT IMAGING; CT SCANNING; DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION; DEFORMABLE REGISTRATION; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; IMAGE INTENSITIES; IMAGE-GUIDED; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LUNG CANCERS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POST-PROCESSING METHODS; RANDOM NOISES; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SURFACE-TO-SURFACE DISTANCES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49549113402     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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