Tissue segmentation of head and neck CT images for treatment planning: A multiatlas approach combined with intensity modeling

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Fortunati, Valerio ^a   Verhaart, René F ^a   Van Der Lijn, Fedde ^a   Niessen, Wiro J ^a   Veenland, Jifke F ^a   Paulides, Margarethus M ^a   Van Walsum, Theo ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atlas based method; graph cut; hyperthermia; image segmentation; treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LENSES; TISSUE;

ATLAS-BASED METHODS; GRAPH CUT; HYPERTHERMIA; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; LOCAL INTENSITY INFORMATIONS; MULTI ATLAS-BASED SEGMENTATIONS; TIME-CONSUMING PROCEDURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATLAS; BRAIN STEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITREOUS BODY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880211701     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4810971     Document Type: Article

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