title: Automatic segmentation of breast in prone position: Correlation of similarity indexes and breast pendulousness with dose/volume parameters.
abstract: This study evaluates edited/reviewed automatically-segmented structures of the breast target in patients planned in prone position and their dose/volume effects. Contouring times were reduced using automatic-segmentation. Similarity-indexes and pendulousness showed that targets with Dice values over 0.965 and high pendulousness, presented the best dosimetric results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland. Electronic address: Giovanna.Dipasquale@hcuge.ch.
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dipasquale
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland; Department of Radiation Oncology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, China.
authors.forename: Xinzhuo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chatelain-Fontanella
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland; UF 1401, CHU de Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vinh-Hung
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miralbell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D001940:Breast / Q000528:radiation effects; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D016684:Prone Position; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Auto-segmentation; Dosimetry; Prone breast radiotherapy; Target volume delineation