PET-CT-Based Auto-Contouring in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Correlates With Pathology and Reduces Interobserver Variability in the Delineation of the Primary Tumor and Involved Nodal Volumes

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8242138	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2007	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Conclusion: Source-to-background ratio-based auto-delineation showed a good correlation with pathology, decreased the delineated volumes of the GTVs, and reduced the interobserver variability. Auto-contouring may further improve the quality of target delineation in NSCLC patients.

Keywords

PET-CT NSCLC Interobserver variability Pathology

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PET-CT-Based Auto-Contouring in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Correlates With Pathology and Reduces Interobserver Variability in the Delineation of the Primary Tumor and Involved Nodal Volumes

Authors

Angela M.D., Geert M.Sc., Liesbeth M.D., Ph.D., Jeroen M.D., Stofferinus M.D., Monique M.D., Ph.D., Robert-Jan M.D., Ph.D., André M.Sc., Ph.D., Cary M.Sc., Ruud M.Sc., SÃ¸ren M. Ph.D., D.Sc., Marinus M.D., Ph.D., Philippe M.D., Ph.D., Dirk M.D., Ph.D.,