A framework for automated contour quality assurance in radiation therapy including adaptive techniques

• Published in: Physics in medicine & biology Vol. 60; no. 13; pp. 5199 - 5209
• Main Authors: Altman, M B, Kavanaugh, J A, Wooten, H O, Green, O L, DeWees, T A, Gay, H, Thorstad, W L, Li, H, Mutic, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 07.07.2015
• Subjects: adaptive radiation therapy; Aged; Automation; contouring; Female; Head and Neck Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Theoretical; Organs at Risk - radiation effects; Pilot Projects; quality assurance; Quality Assurance, Health Care - standards; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods; Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted; treatment planning

Contouring of targets and normal tissues is one of the largest sources of variability in radiation therapy treatment plans. Contours thus require a time intensive and error-prone quality assurance (QA) evaluation, limitations which also impair the facilitation of adaptive radiotherapy (ART). Here, a...