A pre-clinical assessment of an atlas-based automatic segmentation tool for the head and neck

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 474-478

  Sims, Richard ^a,c   Isambert, Aurelie ^b   Grégoire, Vincent ^d   Bidault, François ^b   Fresco, Lydia ^a   Sage, John ^a,c   Mills, John ^a   Bourhis, Jean ^b   Lefkopoulos, Dimitri ^b   Commowick, Olivier ^e,f   Benkebil, Mehdi ^e   Malandain, Grégoire ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^e DOSIsoft SA   (France)

^f INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

Automatic segmentation; Head and neck cancer; Organs at risk; Qualitative evaluation study; Radiation oncology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATLAS BASED AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; MANDIBLE; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

BRAIN STEM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 70449650381     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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