4D perfusion CT of prostate cancer for image-guided radiotherapy planning: A proof of concept study.
Lucian BeerStephan H PolanecPascal Andreas Thomas BaltzerGeorg SchatzlDietmar GeorgChristian SchestakAnja DutschkeHarald HerrmannPeter MazalAlexander K BrendelShahrokh F ShariatHelmut RinglThomas H HelbichPaul ApfaltrerPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Our preliminary results suggest that it is feasible to use DCE-CT for identification and visualization, and subsequent segmentation for focal radiotherapy approaches to PCa.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- prostate cancer
- early stage
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- image quality
- dual energy
- locally advanced
- magnetic resonance
- radiation therapy
- radiation induced
- radical prostatectomy
- deep learning
- positron emission tomography
- convolutional neural network
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rectal cancer
- machine learning
- bioinformatics analysis