Fast and robust adaptation of organs-at-risk delineations from planning scans to match daily anatomy in pre-treatment scans for online-adaptive radiotherapy of abdominal tumors.

CONCLUSION: The validated DIR showed potential for online-adaptive radiotherapy of abdominal tumors as it achieved considerably high geometric and dosimetric correspondences with the expert-drawn OAR delineations, albeit in a fraction of time required by experts.
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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - March 8, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Gupta V, Wang Y, Méndez Romero A, Myronenko A, Jordan P, Maurer C, Heijmen B, Hoogeman M Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research