Development and multi-institutional validation of a convolutional neural network to detect vertebral body mis-alignments in 2D x-ray setup images.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Misalignment to the incorrect vertebral body remains a rare but serious patient safety risk in image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT).

Authors

  • Rachel Petragallo
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • Pascal Bertram
    Brainlab AG, Munich, Germany.
  • Per Halvorsen
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel - Lahey Health, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Ileana Iftimia
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel - Lahey Health, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Daniel A Low
    Department of Radiation Oncology, UCLA, 200 Medical Plaza, Suite B265, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
  • Olivier Morin
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California.
  • Ganesh Narayanasamy
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
  • Daniel L Saenz
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas HSC SA, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
  • Kevinraj N Sukumar
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  • Gilmer Valdes
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California.
  • Lauren Weinstein
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaiser Permanente, South San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Michelle C Wells
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  • Benjamin P Ziemer
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
  • James M Lamb
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.