Fast contour propagation for MR-guided prostate radiotherapy using convolutional neural networks.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To quickly and automatically propagate organ contours from pretreatment to fraction images in magnetic resonance (MR)-guided prostate external-beam radiotherapy.

Authors

  • K A J Eppenhof
    Medical Image Analysis Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
  • M Maspero
    Division of Imaging & Oncology, Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • M H F Savenije
    Division of Imaging & Oncology, Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • J C J de Boer
    Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • J R N van der Voort van Zyp
    Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • B W Raaymakers
    Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • A J E Raaijmakers
    Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • M Veta
    Medical Image Analysis Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
  • C A T van den Berg
    Division of Imaging & Oncology, Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • J P W Pluim
    Medical Image Analysis Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.