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Three-dimensional dose prediction for lung IMRT patients with deep neural networks: robust learning from heterogeneous beam configurations.

Medical physics
PURPOSE: The use of neural networks to directly predict three-dimensional dose distributions for automatic planning is becoming popular. However, the existing methods use only patient anatomy as input and assume consistent beam configuration for all ...

MRI-only based synthetic CT generation using dense cycle consistent generative adversarial networks.

Medical physics
PURPOSE: Automated synthetic computed tomography (sCT) generation based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images would allow for MRI-only based treatment planning in radiation therapy, eliminating the need for CT simulation and simplifying the pati...

Deep learning-based carotid media-adventitia and lumen-intima boundary segmentation from three-dimensional ultrasound images.

Medical physics
PURPOSE: Quantification of carotid plaques has been shown to be important for assessing as well as monitoring the progression and regression of carotid atherosclerosis. Various metrics have been proposed and methods of measurements ranging from manua...

Dose distribution prediction in isodose feature-preserving voxelization domain using deep convolutional neural network.

Medical physics
PURPOSE: To implement a framework for dose prediction using a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) based on the concept of isodose feature-preserving voxelization (IFPV) in simplifying the representation of the dose distribution.

Machine learning approach for distinguishing malignant and benign lung nodules utilizing standardized perinodular parenchymal features from CT.

Medical physics
PURPOSE: Computed tomography (CT) is an effective method for detecting and characterizing lung nodules in vivo. With the growing use of chest CT, the detection frequency of lung nodules is increasing. Noninvasive methods to distinguish malignant from...

Projection-domain scatter correction for cone beam computed tomography using a residual convolutional neural network.

Medical physics
PURPOSE: Scatter is a major factor degrading the image quality of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). Conventional scatter correction strategies require handcrafted analytical models with ad hoc assumptions, which often leads to less accurate scatt...

Ultrasound prostate segmentation based on multidirectional deeply supervised V-Net.

Medical physics
PURPOSE: Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) is a versatile and real-time imaging modality that is commonly used in image-guided prostate cancer interventions (e.g., biopsy and brachytherapy). Accurate segmentation of the prostate is key to biopsy needle p...

Learning-based automatic segmentation of arteriovenous malformations on contrast CT images in brain stereotactic radiosurgery.

Medical physics
PURPOSE: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is widely used to obliterate arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Its performance relies on the accuracy of delineating the target AVM. Manual segmentation during a framed SRS procedure is time consuming and su...

Fast learning of fiber orientation distribution function for MR tractography using convolutional neural network.

Medical physics
PURPOSE: In diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI), the fiber orientation distribution function (fODF) is of great importance for solving complex fiber configurations to achieve reliable tractography throughout the brain, which ultima...

Shape constrained fully convolutional DenseNet with adversarial training for multiorgan segmentation on head and neck CT and low-field MR images.

Medical physics
PURPOSE: Image-guided radiotherapy provides images not only for patient positioning but also for online adaptive radiotherapy. Accurate delineation of organs-at-risk (OARs) on Head and Neck (H&N) CT and MR images is valuable to both initial treatment...