Quantitative assessment of target delineation variability for thymic cancers: Agreement evaluation of a prospective segmentation challenge.
Emma HollidayClifton D FullerJayashree Kalpathy-CramerDaniel GomezAndreas RimnerYing LiSuresh SenanLynn D WilsonJehee ChoiRitsuko KomakiCharles R ThomasPublished in: Journal of radiation oncology (2015)
Expert agreement for definitive case volumes was exceptionally high, though significantly lower agreement was noted post-operatively. Technique and dose prescription between experts was substantively consistent, and these preliminary results will be utilized to create an expert-consensus contouring atlas to aid the non-expert radiation oncologist in the planning of these challenging, rare tumors.