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A monomodal slice-based displacement analysis of the spinal cord for three-dimensional computer tomography imaging in radiation therapy planning is presented. In total, 21 head and neck cases with tumor indications close to the spinal cord are studied and evaluated. Two-dimensional cross-correlation is applied to propagate manually segmented contours of the spinal cord from a high-resolution planning CT to subsequently acquired control CTs. The method and the fully automatic implementation turned out to be reliable and robust. A very few manual corrections on the resulting contours remained necessary in single transversal slices.
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Stoll, A., Giske, K., Stoiber, E., Bendl, R. (2009). Interfractional Displacement Analysis of the Spinal Cord for 21 Head & Neck Cases in Radiation Therapy Planning. In: Meinzer, HP., Deserno, T.M., Handels, H., Tolxdorff, T. (eds) Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2009. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93860-6_61
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