Automated Segmentation of Head and Neck Cancer Using Texture Analysis with Co-registered PET/CT images

Radiation therapy is often offered as the primary treatment for head and neck cancer(HNC). Accurate target delineation is essential for the success of radiation therapy. The current target definition technique - manual delineation using Computed Tomography(CT) - is subject to high observer variabili...

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Main Author: Yu, Huan
Other Authors: Caldwell, Curtis
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24920