Evaluation of multiple-atlas-based strategies for segmentation of the thyroid gland in head and neck CT images for IMRT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-111

  Chen, A ^a   Niermann, K J ^b   Deeley, M A ^c   Dawant, B M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLAS-BASED SEGMENTATION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; CLINICAL VALUE; COMBINATION METHOD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CT IMAGE; DATA SETS; HEAD AND NECK; INITIAL CONTOUR; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJORITY VOTE; ROBUST METHODS; SEGMENTATION RESULTS; SIMILARITY MEASURE; SIMPLE MAJORITY; THYROID GLANDS; TREATMENT PLANS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RATING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LARYNX TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND; TONGUE TUMOR;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 83455236060     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/1/93     Document Type: Article

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