Automatic segmentation of head and neck CT images for radiotherapy treatment planning using multiple atlases, statistical appearance models, and geodesic active contours.

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Published in Med Phys on May 01, 2014

Authors

Karl D Fritscher1, Marta Peroni2, Paolo Zaffino3, Maria Francesca Spadea3, Rainer Schubert4, Gregory Sharp1

Author Affiliations

1: Department for Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.
2: Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen 5232, Switzerland.
3: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro 88100, Italy.
4: Institute for Biomedical Image Analysis, Private University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in Tirol 6060, Austria.

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