A qualitative and a quantitative analysis of an auto-segmentation module for prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-345

  Huyskens, Dominique P ^a,b   Maingon, Philippe ^c   Vanuytsel, Luc ^d   Remouchamps, Vincent ^b   Roques, Tom ^e   Dubray, Bernard ^f   Haas, Benjamin ^g   Kunz, Patrik ^g   Coradi, Thomas ^g   Bühlman, René ^g   Reddick, Robin ^h   Esch, Ann Van ^a,b   Salamon, Emile ^b  

^a 7Sigma ^*  (Belgium)

^b Clinique & Maternite Sainte Elisabeth Namer   (Belgium)

^c Department of Medical Oncology   (France)

^d Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^e NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRE HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

^g VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (Switzerland)

^h VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic segmentation; Prostate; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 61549133950     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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