MRI simulation for radiotherapy treatment planning

S Devic - Medical physics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… brought the organs at risk into the treatment planning process as well. Because of its
superb … treatment plans based on the MRI-delineated prostate compared with the CT-delineated

Influence of the type of imaging on the delineation process during the treatment planning

W Jackowiak, B Bąk, A Kowalik… - Reports of Practical …, 2015 - journals.viamedica.pl
… -treatment kilovoltage (KV) CT scans from the diagnostic CT. One of them is manual delineation
which … In this study, the uncertainty of delineation process was evaluated and compared …

[PDF][PDF] Imaging for target delineation and treatment planning in radiation oncology: current and emerging techniques

S Stieb, B McDonald, M Gronberg, GM Engeseth… - … /oncology clinics of …, 2019 - Elsevier
… for target delineation and treatment planning and give insight into new and promising …
dose calculation in treatment planning systems by using the relative attenuation of a series of x-…

Interactive contour delineation and refinement in treatment planning of image‐guided radiation therapy

W Zhou, Y Xie - Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… to devise a contour delineation algorithm that consists of manual process and automatic …
are treatment planning of IGRT, this technique is directly applicable to the target delineation in …

Automated biological target volume delineation for radiotherapy treatment planning using FDG-PET/CT

M Niyazi, S Landrock, A Elsner, F Manapov… - Radiation …, 2013 - Springer
… Thus, automated segmentation may indeed currently be used to complement the delineation
process. But at present, none of the tested algorithms is able to fully replace the process of …

A system for continual quality improvement of normal tissue delineation for radiation therapy treatment planning

J Breunig, S Hernandez, J Lin, S Alsager… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Treatment planning has often been described as a process with many components. One of
these components is normal tissue delineation… contours play in treatment planning and IGRT, …

Radiotherapy treatment planning: benefits of CT-MR image registration and fusion in tumor volume delineation

I Đan, B Petrović, M Erak, I Nikolić, S Lučić - Vojnosanitetski pregled, 2013 - doiserbia.nb.rs
treatment planning (RTP) process from delineation of target volumes to determining planning
margins and treatment … In this manner, CT-MRI fusion provides improved target delineation

PET-guided delineation of radiation therapy treatment volumes: a survey of image segmentation techniques

H Zaidi, I El Naqa - European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular …, 2010 - Springer
… PET-based treatment planning is the accurate delineation of … was available for target
volume delineation [54–58]. Both … in the process of radiation therapy treatment planning can be …

Delineation variation of lymph node stations for treatment planning in lung cancer radiotherapy

L Kepka, K Bujko, D Garmol, J Palucki… - Radiotherapy and …, 2007 - Elsevier
… We felt that this was due to the lack of sufficient concern and understanding of the necessity
of a particular precision in the delineation process. The team of physicians working together …

Early clinical evaluation of a novel three-dimensional structure delineation software tool (SCULPTER) for radiotherapy treatment planning

CA McBain, CJ Moore, MML Green… - The British Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… to manually outline the boundaries of a structure by a process of continuous contour drawing…
a computerized treatment planning system (TPS). This is a laborious and subjective process