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Computed tomography-based radiotherapy planning on the example of prostate cancer: application of level-set segmentation method guided by atlas-type knowledge

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In this invited paper an overview of the Computed Tomography-based cancer radiotherapy planning is given. All planning steps are described with details, i.e. its goals, existing solutions and typical realizations. On this background, as an example, a complete procedure of prostate cancer radiotherapy planning is presented in which application of Level-Set segmentation method guided by a priori atlas-type knowledge is proposed. Developed procedure was verified on data base consisting of 266 CT slices of 4 patients.

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      ISABEL '11: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies
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      • (2013)CT segmentation based on MRI images in context of prostate radiotherapy planning2013 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST)10.1109/IST.2013.6729685(169-173)Online publication date: Oct-2013
      • (2012)Using ASM in CT Data Segmentaion for Prostate RadiotherapyProceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics - Volume 759410.5555/2942031.2942106(610-617)Online publication date: 24-Sep-2012
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