Automatic segmentation and online virtualCT in head-and-neck adaptive radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Peroni, Marta ^a   Ciardo, Delia ^b   Spadea, Maria Francesca ^c   Riboldi, Marco ^a,d   Comi, Stefania ^b   Alterio, Daniela ^b   Baroni, Guido ^a,d   Orecchia, Roberto ^b,d,e  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^d Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPIES; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; CENTER OF MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CONE-BEAM CT; DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION; DICE COEFFICIENT; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; GROUND TRUTH; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NONRIGID REGISTRATION; PAROTID GLANDS; PATIENT SETUP; RE-PLANNING; RESIDUAL DEFORMATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEGMENTED STRUCTURE; SOFT TISSUE;

DEFORMATION; IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MANDIBLE; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ALGORITHMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ORGANS AT RISK; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84866742248     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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