Retrospective Validation and Clinical Implementation of Automated Contouring of Organs at Risk in the Head and Neck: A Step Toward Automated Radiation Treatment Planning for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Purpose: We assessed automated contouring of normal structures for patients with head-and-neck cancer (HNC) using a multiatlas deformable-image-registration algorithm to better provide a fully automated radiation treatment planning solution for low- and middle-income countries, provide quantitative...

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Main Authors: Rachel E. McCarroll, Beth M. Beadle, Peter A. Balter, Hester Burger, Carlos E. Cardenas, Sameera Dalvie, David S. Followill, Kelly D. Kisling, Michael Mejia, Komeela Naidoo, Chris L. Nelson, Christine B. Peterson, Karin Vorster, Julie Wetter, Lifei Zhang, Laurence E. Court, Jinzhong Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society of Clinical Oncology 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Global Oncology
Online Access:http://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JGO.18.00055