A multiphase validation of atlas-based automatic and semiautomatic segmentation strategies for prostate MRI

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-100

  Martin, Spencer ^a   Rodrigues, George ^a,b   Patil, Nikhilesh ^b   Bauman, Glenn ^a,b   D'Souza, David ^b   Sexton, Tracy ^b   Palma, David ^b   Louie, Alexander V ^b   Khalvati, Farzad ^c,d   Tizhoosh, Hamid R ^c,d   Gaede, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Segasist Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; AUTO SEGMENTATION; DATA SETS; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; IN-PHASE; PHASE I; PHASE II; PROSTATE CANCERS; REGION OF INTEREST; SEGMENTATION ACCURACY; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SEMI-AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; SIMILARITY COEFFICIENTS; SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL VALIDATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; T-TESTS; TRAINING DATA SETS; VALIDATION STRATEGIES;

DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

UROLOGY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871399645     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.07.046     Document Type: Article

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