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Atlas-based contouring of organs at risk for radiation therapy

US10607342B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemenes Healthcare GmbH · DE

Inventors

Li Zhang · Nanhu, CN
Shanhui Sun · Princeton, US
Shaohua Kevin Zhou · Plainsboro, US
Daguang Xu · Princeton, US
Zhoubing Xu · Plainsboro, US
Tommaso Mansi · Plainsboro, US
Ying Chi · Hangzhou City, CN
Yefeng Zheng
Pavlo Dyban · Forchheim, DE
Nora Hünemohr · Stuttgart, DE
Julian Krebs · Erlangen, DE
David Liu · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2017
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 20, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/20128
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments can provide a method for atlas-based contouring, comprising constructing a relevant atlas database; selecting one or more optimal atlases from the relevant atlas database; propagating one or more atlases; fusing the one or more atlases; and assessing the quality of one or more propagated contours.

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