Deformable image registration for radiation therapy: principle, methods, applications and evaluation

B Rigaud, A Simon, J Castelli, C Lafond, O Acosta… - Acta …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Deformable image registration (DIR) is increasingly used in the field of
radiation therapy (RT) to account for anatomical deformations. The aims of this paper are to …

[HTML][HTML] Improving automatic delineation for head and neck organs at risk by Deep Learning Contouring

LV Van Dijk, L Van den Bosch, P Aljabar… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Adequate head and neck (HN) organ-at-risk (OAR) delineation is crucial for HN
radiotherapy and for investigating the relationships between radiation dose to OARs and …

Using artificial intelligence to improve the quality and safety of radiation therapy

M Pillai, K Adapa, SK Das, L Mazur, J Dooley… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - Elsevier
Within artificial intelligence, machine learning (ML) efforts in radiation oncology have
augmented the transition from generalized to personalized treatment delivery. Although their …

Deep learning-based auto-segmentation of organs at risk in high-dose rate brachytherapy of cervical cancer

R Mohammadi, I Shokatian, M Salehi, H Arabi… - Radiotherapy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Delineation of organs at risk (OARs), such as the bladder, rectum
and sigmoid, plays an important role in the delivery of optimal absorbed dose to the target …

Toward adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck patients: uncertainties in dose war** due to the choice of deformable registration algorithm

C Veiga, AM Lourenço, S Mouinuddin… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The aims of this work were to evaluate the performance of several deformable
image registration (DIR) algorithms implemented in our in‐house software (NiftyReg) and …

Comprehensive evaluation of ten deformable image registration algorithms for contour propagation between CT and cone-beam CT images in adaptive head & neck …

X Li, Y Zhang, Y Shi, S Wu, Y **ao, X Gu, X Zhen… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Deformable image registration (DIR) is a critical technic in adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for
propagating contours between planning computerized tomography (CT) images and …

Review of technologies and procedures of clinical dosimetry for scanned ion beam radiotherapy

S Giordanengo, L Manganaro, A Vignati - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
In the last few years, the use of ions in radiation therapy is gaining interest and it is being
considered medically necessary for a growing subset of tumours. Concurrently, the …

An adaptive motion regularization technique to support sliding motion in deformable image registration

Y Fu, S Liu, HH Li, H Li, D Yang - Medical physics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Isotropic smoothing has been conventionally used to regularize deformation vector
fields (DVF s) in deformable image registration (DIR). However, the isotropic smoothing …

Practical quantification of image registration accuracy following the AAPM TG‐132 report framework

K Latifi, J Caudell, G Zhang, D Hunt… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The AAPM TG 132 Report enumerates important steps for validation of the medical
image registration process. While the Report outlines the general goals and criteria for the …

Evaluating automatic segmentation for swallowing-related organs for head and neck cancer

Y Li, S Rao, W Chen, SF Azghadi… - … in Cancer Research …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of deep-learning-based auto-segmentation of the
superior constrictor, middle constrictor, inferior constrictor, and larynx in comparison with a …