Performance of an atlas-based autosegmentation software for delineation of target volumes for radiotherapy of breast and anorectal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-73

  Anders, Lisanne C ^a   Stieler, Florian ^a   Siebenlist, Kerstin ^a   Schäfer, Jörg ^a   Lohr, Frank ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorectal cancer; Atlas based autosegmentation; Breast cancer; Computer assisted; Target volumes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANORECTAL CANCER; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; ATLAS; ATLAS BASED AUTOSEGMENTATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER;

ALGORITHMS; ATLASES AS TOPIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84455199709     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.08.043     Document Type: Article

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