Semiautomatic technique for defining the internal gross tumor volume of lung tumors close to liver/spleen cupola by 4D‐CT a

P Mancosu, R Sghedoni, V Bettinardi… - Medical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: It has been shown that in cases of lung tumors close to the liver cupola, the four
dimensional (4D)‐CT postprocessing maximum intensity projection (MIP) algorithm does not …

Autocontouring versus manual contouring

M Hatt, D Visvikis, CC Le Rest - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest the study of Wu et al.(1) regarding autocontouring
methodologies for target delineation in PET/CT for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

A rapid review of influential factors and appraised solutions on organ delineation uncertainties reduction in radiotherapy

S Sadeghi, Z Siavashpour, AV Sadr… - Biomedical Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Background and purpose. Accurate volume delineation plays an essential role in
radiotherapy. Contouring is a potential source of uncertainties in radiotherapy treatment …

Accuracy in contouring of small and low contrast lesions: Comparison between diagnostic quality computed tomography scanner and computed tomography …

YW Ho, WKR Wong, SK Yu, WW Lam, H Geng - Medical Dosimetry, 2012 - Elsevier
To evaluate the accuracy in detection of small and low-contrast regions using a high-
definition diagnostic computed tomography (CT) scanner compared with a radiotherapy CT …

[PDF][PDF] Uncertainties in target definition for radiotherapy of peripheral lung tumours

GF Persson - Dan Med Bull, 2011 - researchgate.net
Uncertainties concerning target definition in radiotherapy planning represent a serious
challenge as they lead to systematic errors impacting the entire radiotherapy course …

82: Evaluation of a Semi-Automated Segmentation Method for Delineation of Organs at Risk and Lymph Node Target Volumes in Head and Neck Radiotherapy …

MR Kaus, J Kim, B O'Sullivan, A Mansouri… - International Journal of …, 2006 - redjournal.org
Results: There was a significant variability in delineating CTVs from scratch among six
physicians. This variability was reduced if the template CTV contours were provided from the …

SU‐FF‐I‐99: Implementation and Evaluation of Automatic Contour Propagation in 4DCT of Lung

V Boldea, G Sharp, S Jiang, N Choi, C Ginestet… - Medical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To implement and evaluate automatic contour propagation in 4DCT of lung
Method and Material: 4DCT of lung cancer patients was acquired and GTV contoured in …

Tissue segmentation in Monte Carlo treatment planning: a simulation study using dual-energy CT images

M Bazalova, JF Carrier, L Beaulieu… - Radiotherapy and …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Tissue segmentation is an important step in Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculation
and is often done uncritically. A new approach to tissue segmentation using dual-energy CT …

[引用][C] The value of PET/CT in gross tumor volume delineation in lung and esophagus cancer

A Howard, MP Mehta, MA Ritter, KA Bradley… - International Journal of …, 2004 - redjournal.org
Results Fourteen patients with lung cancer and sixteen patients with esophageal carcinoma
were evaluated. All patients had diagnostic quality contrast-enhanced CT scans of the …

The impact of training and professional collaboration on the interobserver variation of lung cancer delineations: a multi-institutional study

S Mercieca, JSA Belderbos, A van Baardwijk… - Acta …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: To assess the impact of training and interprofessional collaboration on the
interobserver variation in the delineation of the lung gross tumor volume (GTVp) and lymph …