Contouring variability of the penile bulb on CT images: Quantitative assessment using a generalized concordance index

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 841-846

  Carillo, Viviana ^a   Cozzarini, Cesare ^a   Perna, Lucia ^a   Calandra, Mauro ^a   Gianolini, Stefano ^b   Rancati, Tiziana ^c   Spinelli, Antonello Enrico ^a   Vavassori, Vittorio ^d   Villa, Sergio ^c   Valdagni, Riccardo ^c   Fiorino, Claudio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Medical Software Solutions GmbH   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contouring agreement; Erectile dysfunction; Prostate radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCORDANCE INDEX; CT IMAGE; DICE COEFFICIENT; DUMMY RUN; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; LIMITED VISIBILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; P-VALUES; PENILE BULB; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE RADIOTHERAPY; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RE-CONTOURING; SINGLE OBSERVER; STANDARD DEVIATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENERALIZED CONCORDANCE INDEX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PENIS; PENIS BULB; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PENIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866732189     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.12.057     Document Type: Article

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