Methods for volumetric contouring with expert guidance
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating target volume contouring in conformal radiation therapy planning using interactive expert guidance, comprisingproviding a first patient'"'"'s volumetric imaging data;
- providing expert'"'"'s volumetric imaging data derived from a group of second patients with expert'"'"'s contours of the group of second patients having similar disease nature or clinical manifestation; and
contouring target volumes on first patient'"'"'s imaging set in a slice-by-slice step using expert'"'"'s guidance with the guidance derived from the second group of patients.
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Abstract
An efficient method and system of contouring target volumes and normal tissues at risk using an expert case as interactive tutorial reference for radiation therapy treatment plan is disclosed. Target volume contours based on guidance from a disease-matched expert case is selected by the user. The second imaging data set of a new patient is then displayed and linked with expert'"'"'s case in a the slice-by-slice and side-by-side fashion and at comparable field-of-view angles. Users can generate the target volume contours on the new patient using expert case as tutorial guidance or overlaying the expert contours onto the new patient'"'"'s imaging data set followed by reforming the target volume contours to fit the anatomical terrain of the patient. Users can then modify the target volume contours of their patient using expert case as tutorial guidance linked in a the slice-by-slice and side-by-side fashion and at comparable field-of-view angles.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating target volume contouring in conformal radiation therapy planning using interactive expert guidance, comprising
providing a first patient'"'"'s volumetric imaging data; -
providing expert'"'"'s volumetric imaging data derived from a group of second patients with expert'"'"'s contours of the group of second patients having similar disease nature or clinical manifestation; and contouring target volumes on first patient'"'"'s imaging set in a slice-by-slice step using expert'"'"'s guidance with the guidance derived from the second group of patients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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