Generalizability, robustness, and correction bias of segmentations of thoracic organs at risk in CT images.

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess and compare two state-of-the-art deep learning approaches for segmenting four thoracic organs at risk (OAR)-the esophagus, trachea, heart, and aorta-in CT images in the context of radiotherapy planning.

Authors

  • Corentin Guérendel
    Department of Radiology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek-The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. c.guerendel@nki.nl.
  • Liliana Petrychenko
  • Kalina Chupetlovska
    Department of Radiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Zuhir Bodalal
    Department of Radiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Regina G H Beets-Tan
    Department of Radiology, the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Sean Benson
    Department of Radiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.