Generation of tissues outside the field of view (FOV) of radiation therapy simulation imaging based on machine learning and patient body outline (PBO).

Journal: Radiation oncology (London, England)
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: It is not unusual to see some parts of tissues are excluded in the field of view of CT simulation images. A typical mitigation is to avoid beams entering the missing body parts at the cost of sub-optimal planning.

Authors

  • Sunmi Kim
    Department of Biomedical Engineering and Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 06591, Republic of Korea.
  • Lulin Yuan
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. Electronic address: Lulin.yuan@vcuhealth.org.
  • Siyong Kim
    Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23284, USA. siyong.kim@vcuhealth.org.
  • Tae Suk Suh
    Department of Biomedical Engineering and Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 06591, Republic of Korea. suhsanta@catholic.ac.kr.