Assessment of accuracy and efficiency of atlas-based autosegmentation for prostate radiotherapy in a variety of clinical conditions

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 807-813

  Simmat, I ^a   Georg, P ^a   Georg, D ^a   Birkfellner, W ^a   Goldner, G ^a   Stock, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cone beam computed tomography; Prostate neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy setup errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AUTOSEGMENTATION; BLADDER; BODY MASS; BOOK; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICE SIMILARITY COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866650623     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-012-0117-0     Document Type: Article

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