Head and neck lymph node region delineation with image registration |
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Authors: | Chia-Chi Teng Linda G Shapiro Ira J Kalet |
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Institution: | (1) School of Technology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA;(2) Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;(3) Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
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Abstract: | Background The success of radiation therapy depends critically on accurately delineating the target volume, which is the region of known
or suspected disease in a patient. Methods that can compute a contour set defining a target volume on a set of patient images
will contribute greatly to the success of radiation therapy and dramatically reduce the workload of radiation oncologists,
who currently draw the target by hand on the images using simple computer drawing tools. The most challenging part of this
process is to estimate where there is microscopic spread of disease. |
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