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] Quality assurance for AI-based applications in radiation therapy

M Claessens, CS Oria, CL Brouwer, BP Ziemer… - Seminars in radiation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) in the domain of radiation therapy (RT)
and their integration into modern software-based systems raise new challenges to the …

[HTML][HTML] Clinically applicable segmentation of head and neck anatomy for radiotherapy: deep learning algorithm development and validation study

S Nikolov, S Blackwell, A Zverovitch, R Mendes… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
Background: Over half a million individuals are diagnosed with head and neck cancer each
year globally. Radiotherapy is an important curative treatment for this disease, but it requires …

Dose prediction for head and neck radiotherapy using a three‐dimensional dense dilated U‐net architecture

MP Gronberg, SS Gay, TJ Netherton, DJ Rhee… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Radiation therapy treatment planning is a time‐consuming and iterative manual
process. Consequently, plan quality varies greatly between and within institutions. Artificial …

Artificial intelligence: reshaping the practice of radiological sciences in the 21st century

I El Naqa, MA Haider, ML Giger… - The British journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Advances in computing hardware and software platforms have led to the recent resurgence
in artificial intelligence (AI) touching almost every aspect of our daily lives by its capability for …

Automatic segmentation using deep learning to enable online dose optimization during adaptive radiation therapy of cervical cancer

B Rigaud, BM Anderson, HY Zhiqian, M Gobeli… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose This study investigated deep learning models for automatic segmentation to
support the development of daily online dose optimization strategies, eliminating the need …

[HTML][HTML] Development and validation of a deep learning algorithm for auto-delineation of clinical target volume and organs at risk in cervical cancer radiotherapy

Z Liu, X Liu, H Guan, H Zhen, Y Sun, Q Chen… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The delineation of the clinical target volume (CTV) is a crucial, laborious and
subjective step in cervical cancer radiotherapy. The aim of this study was to propose and …

[HTML][HTML] Generating high-quality lymph node clinical target volumes for head and neck cancer radiation therapy using a fully automated deep learning-based …

CE Cardenas, BM Beadle, AS Garden… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To develop a deep learning model that generates consistent, high-quality lymph
node clinical target volumes (CTV) contours for head and neck cancer (HNC) patients, as an …

The emergence of artificial intelligence within radiation oncology treatment planning

TJ Netherton, CE Cardenas, DJ Rhee, LE Court… - Oncology, 2021 - karger.com
Background: The future of artificial intelligence (AI) heralds unprecedented change for the
field of radiation oncology. Commercial vendors and academic institutions have created AI …

Automatic segmentation of mandible from conventional methods to deep learning—a review

B Qiu, H van der Wel, J Kraeima, HH Glas… - Journal of personalized …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Medical imaging techniques, such as (cone beam) computed tomography and magnetic
resonance imaging, have proven to be a valuable component for oral and maxillofacial …