Validation of automatic contour propagation for 4D treatment planning using multiple metrics

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 501-510

  Peroni, M ^a   Spadea, M F ^b   Riboldi, M ^a,c   Falcone, S ^d   Vaccaro, C ^d   Sharp, G C ^e,f   Baroni, G ^a,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

^d Policlinico Mater Domini   (Italy)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

4D computed tomography; Contour propagation; Deformable registration; Validation metrics

Indexed keywords

4 DIMENSIONAL LUNG RADIOTHERAPY; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; METRIC SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84887108323     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7785/tcrt.2012.500347     Document Type: Article

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