Deep learning-based metal artifact reduction using cycle-consistent adversarial network for intensity-modulated head and neck radiation therapy treatment planning.

Journal: Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To develop a deep learning-based metal artifact reduction (DL-MAR) method using unpaired data and to evaluate its dosimetric impact in head and neck intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) compared with the water density override method.

Authors

  • Yuhei Koike
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, 565-0871, Japan.
  • Yusuke Anetai
    Department of Radiology, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, Japan.
  • Hideki Takegawa
    Department of Radiology, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, Japan.
  • Shingo Ohira
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, 3-1-69 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-8567, Japan; Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
  • Satoaki Nakamura
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho Kawaramachi Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.
  • Noboru Tanigawa
    Department of Radiology, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, Japan.