Advances in auto-segmentation

CE Cardenas, J Yang, BM Anderson, LE Court… - Seminars in radiation …, 2019 - Elsevier
Manual image segmentation is a time-consuming task routinely performed in radiotherapy to
identify each patient's targets and anatomical structures. The efficacy and safety of the …

Machine learning for auto-segmentation in radiotherapy planning

K Harrison, H Pullen, C Welsh, O Oktay, J Alvarez-Valle… - Clinical Oncology, 2022 - Elsevier
Manual segmentation of target structures and organs at risk is a crucial step in the
radiotherapy workflow. It has the disadvantages that it can require several hours of clinician …

Vision 20/20: perspectives on automated image segmentation for radiotherapy

G Sharp, KD Fritscher, V Pekar, M Peroni… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Due to rapid advances in radiation therapy (RT), especially image guidance and treatment
adaptation, a fast and accurate segmentation of medical images is a very important part of …

Deep learning for segmentation in radiation therapy planning: a review

G Samarasinghe, M Jameson, S Vinod… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Segmentation of organs and structures, as either targets or organs‐at‐risk, has a significant
influence on the success of radiation therapy. Manual segmentation is a tedious and time …

Clinical evaluation of atlas-and deep learning-based automatic segmentation of multiple organs and clinical target volumes for breast cancer

MS Choi, BS Choi, SY Chung, N Kim, J Chun… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Manual segmentation is the gold standard method for radiation therapy planning; however, it
is time-consuming and prone to inter-and intra-observer variation, giving rise to interests in …

[HTML][HTML] Review of deep learning based automatic segmentation for lung cancer radiotherapy

X Liu, KW Li, R Yang, LS Geng - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality for males and females.
Radiation therapy (RT) is one of the primary treatment modalities for lung cancer. While …

Recommendations on how to establish evidence from auto-segmentation software in radiotherapy

V Valentini, L Boldrini, A Damiani… - Radiotherapy and …, 2014 - thegreenjournal.com
Along with the improved treatment conformity achieved with the recently implemented
radiotherapy (RT) planning and delivery approaches [1], there is growing awareness of the …

Auto‐segmentation of organs at risk for head and neck radiotherapy planning: from atlas‐based to deep learning methods

T Vrtovec, D Močnik, P Strojan, F Pernuš… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Radiotherapy (RT) is one of the basic treatment modalities for cancer of the head and neck
(H&N), which requires a precise spatial description of the target volumes and organs at risk …

[HTML][HTML] A deep learning-based auto-segmentation system for organs-at-risk on whole-body computed tomography images for radiation therapy

X Chen, S Sun, N Bai, K Han, Q Liu, S Yao… - Radiotherapy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Delineating organs at risk (OARs) on computed tomography (CT)
images is an essential step in radiation therapy; however, it is notoriously time-consuming …

Metrics to evaluate the performance of auto-segmentation for radiation treatment planning: A critical review

MV Sherer, D Lin, S Elguindi, S Duke, LT Tan… - Radiotherapy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Advances in artificial intelligence-based methods have led to the development and
publication of numerous systems for auto-segmentation in radiotherapy. These systems …