A semiautomatic CT-based ensemble segmentation of lung tumors: Comparison with oncologists' delineations and with the surgical specimen

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-173

  Rios Velazquez, Emmanuel ^a   Aerts, Hugo J W L ^a,e   Gu, Yuhua ^b   Goldgof, Dmitry B ^c   De Ruysscher, Dirk ^a   Dekker, Andre ^a   Korn, René ^d   Gillies, Robert J ^b   Lambin, Philippe ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Definiens Imaging GmbH   (Germany)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto segmentation; CT; Inter observer variability; NSCLC delineation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY PET;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871292104     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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