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Assessment of accuracy and efficiency of atlas-based autosegmentation for prostate radiotherapy in a variety of clinical conditions

verfasst von: I. Simmat, P. Georg, D. Georg, W. Birkfellner, G. Goldner, M. Stock

Erschienen in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie | Ausgabe 9/2012

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Abstract

Background and purpose

The goal of the current study was to evaluate the commercially available atlas-based autosegmentation software for clinical use in prostate radiotherapy. The accuracy was benchmarked against interobserver variability.

Material and methods

A total of 20 planning computed tomographs (CTs) and 10 cone-beam CTs (CBCTs) were selected for prostate, rectum, and bladder delineation. The images varied regarding to individual (age, body mass index) and setup parameters (contrast agent, rectal balloon, implanted markers). Automatically created contours with ABAS® and iPlan® were compared to an expert’s delineation by calculating the Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) and conformity index.

Results

Demo-atlases of both systems showed different results for bladder (DSC_ABAS 0.86 ± 0.17, DSC_iPlan 0.51 ± 0.30) and prostate (DSC_ABAS 0.71 ± 0.14, DSC_iPlan 0.57 ± 0.19). Rectum delineation (DSC_ABAS 0.78 ± 0.11, DSC_iPlan 0.84 ± 0.08) demonstrated differences between the systems but better correlation of the automatically drawn volumes. ABAS® was closest to the interobserver benchmark. Autosegmentation with iPlan®, ABAS® and manual segmentation took 0.5, 4 and 15–20 min, respectively. Automatic contouring on CBCT showed high dependence on image quality (DSC bladder 0.54, rectum 0.42, prostate 0.34).

Conclusion

For clinical routine, efforts are still necessary to either redesign algorithms implemented in autosegmentation or to optimize image quality for CBCT to guarantee required accuracy and time savings for adaptive radiotherapy.

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Titel: Assessment of accuracy and efficiency of atlas-based autosegmentation for prostate radiotherapy in a variety of clinical conditions
verfasst von: I. Simmat
P. Georg
D. Georg
W. Birkfellner
G. Goldner
M. Stock
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2012
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie / Ausgabe 9/2012
Print ISSN: 0179-7158
Elektronische ISSN: 1439-099X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-012-0117-0

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