Does atlas-based autosegmentation of neck levels require subsequent manual contour editing to avoid risk of severe target underdosage? A dosimetric analysis

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 373-377

  Voet, Peter W J ^a   Dirkx, Maarten L P ^a   Teguh, David N ^a   Hoogeman, Mischa S ^a   Levendag, Peter C ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autosegmentation; Dice coefficient; Dosimetry; Head and neck; Mean distance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; DRUG UNDERDOSE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ORGANS AT RISK; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; SALIVARY GLAND; TONGUE CANCER;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79952440470     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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