Categorizing segmentation quality using a quantitative quality assurance algorithm

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 668-678

  Rodrigues, George ^a   Louie, Alexander ^a   Videtic, Gregory ^c   Best, Lara ^a   Patil, Nikhilesh ^a   Hallock, Abhirami ^a   Gaede, Stewart ^a   Kempe, Jeff ^b   Battista, Jerry ^a   De Haan, Patricia ^d   Bauman, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

lung; prostate; quality assurance; target volume delineation; training; variability

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METRIC SYSTEM; ONCOLOGY; ORGANS AT RISK; PENIS; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870601369     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02442.x     Document Type: Article

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