Male pelvic multi-organ segmentation on transrectal ultrasound using anchor-free mask CNN.

Journal: Medical physics
Published Date: May 14, 2021

Abstract

PURPOSE: Current prostate brachytherapy uses transrectal ultrasound images for implant guidance, where contours of the prostate and organs-at-risk are necessary for treatment planning and dose evaluation. This work aims to develop a deep learning-based method for male pelvic multi-organ segmentation on transrectal ultrasound images.

Authors

  • Yang Lei
    Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.
  • Tonghe Wang
    Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.
  • Justin Roper
    Radiology Oncology, Emory University, 1365 Clifton Road, Department of Radiation Oncology, Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, UNITED STATES.
  • Ashesh B Jani
    Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
  • Sagar A Patel
    Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • Walter J Curran
    Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.
  • Pretesh Patel
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
  • Tian Liu
    Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
  • Xiaofeng Yang
    Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

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