Prostate volume contouring: a 3D analysis of segmentation using 3DTRUS, CT, and MR

WL Smith, C Lewis, G Bauman, G Rodrigues… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Purpose: This study evaluated the reproducibility and modality differences of prostate
contouring after brachytherapy implant using three-dimensional (3D) transrectal ultrasound …

Prostate contouring variation: can it be fixed?

ELH Khoo, K Schick, AW Plank, M Poulsen… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To assess whether an education program on CT and MRI prostate anatomy
would reduce inter-and intraobserver prostate contouring variation among experienced …

Definition of the prostate in CT and MRI: a multi-observer study

C Rasch, I Barillot, P Remeijer, A Touw… - International Journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Purpose: To determine, in three-dimensions, the difference between prostate delineation in
magnetic resonance (MR) and computer tomography (CT) images for radiotherapy treatment …

Comparability of CT-based and TRUS-based prostate volumes

KR Badiozamani, K Wallner, W Cavanagh… - International Journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Purpose: To compare the prostate volumes defined by transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) versus
computed tomographic (CT) scans used for brachytherapy planning. Methods and Materials …

Radiographic and anatomic basis for prostate contouring errors and methods to improve prostate contouring accuracy

PW McLaughlin, C Evans, M Feng… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Use of highly conformal radiation for prostate cancer can lead to both
overtreatment of surrounding normal tissues and undertreatment of the prostate itself. In this …

Interobserver variation in postimplant computed tomography contouring affects quality assessment of prostate brachytherapy

J Crook, M Milosevic, P Catton, I Yeung, T Haycocks… - Brachytherapy, 2002 - Elsevier
Purpose: Permanent seed implants are accepted treatment of early stage prostate cancer.
Implant quality is assessed by post implant CT-based dosimetry but prostate contours on CT …

Determination of prostate volume: a comparison of contemporary methods

A Bezinque, A Moriarity, C Farrell, H Peabody… - Academic radiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives Prostate volume (PV) determination provides important clinical
information. We compared PVs determined by digital rectal examination (DRE), transrectal …

Comparison of prostate delineation on multimodality imaging for MR-guided radiotherapy

AU Pathmanathan, HA McNair… - The British journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective: With increasing incorporation of MRI in radiotherapy, we investigate two MRI
sequences for prostate delineation in radiographer-led image guidance. Methods: Five …

[HTML][HTML] Challenge of prostate MRI segmentation on T2-weighted images: inter-observer variability and impact of prostate morphology

S Montagne, D Hamzaoui, A Allera, M Ezziane… - Insights into …, 2021 - Springer
Background Accurate prostate zonal segmentation on magnetic resonance images (MRI) is
a critical prerequisite for automated prostate cancer detection. We aimed to assess the …

Inter-observer variability of prostate delineation on cone beam computerised tomography images

EA White, KK Brock, DA Jaffray, CN Catton - Clinical oncology, 2009 - Elsevier
AIM: To determine the inter-observer variability of defining the prostate gland on cone beam
computerised tomography images for the purposes of image-guided radiotherapy …