Automatic segmentation of male pelvic anatomy on computed tomography images: A comparison with multiple observers in the context of a multicentre clinical trial

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Geraghty, John P ^a   Grogan, Garry ^a   Ebert, Martin A ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automation; Clinical trials; Computed tomography; Quality assurance; Segmentation; Volume

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL SEGMENTATION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PELVIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE VOLUME; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84876809582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-8-106     Document Type: Article

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