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Head and neck cancer patient images for determining auto-segmentation accuracy in T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging through expert manual segmentations
- Source :
- Med Phys
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Purpose The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in radiotherapy treatment planning has rapidly increased due to its ability to evaluate patient's anatomy without the use of ionizing radiation and due to its high soft tissue contrast. For these reasons, MRI has become the modality of choice for longitudinal and adaptive treatment studies. Automatic segmentation could offer many benefits for these studies. In this work, we describe a T2-weighted MRI dataset of head and neck cancer patients that can be used to evaluate the accuracy of head and neck normal tissue auto-segmentation systems through comparisons to available expert manual segmentations. Acquisition and validation methods T2-weighted MRI images were acquired for 55 head and neck cancer patients. These scans were collected after radiotherapy computed tomography (CT) simulation scans using a thermoplastic mask to replicate patient treatment position. All scans were acquired on a single 1.5 T Siemens MAGNETOM Aera MRI with two large four-channel flex phased-array coils. The scans covered the region encompassing the nasopharynx region cranially and supraclavicular lymph node region caudally, when possible, in the superior-inferior direction. Manual contours were created for the left/right submandibular gland, left/right parotids, left/right lymph node level II, and left/right lymph node level III. These contours underwent quality assurance to ensure adherence to predefined guidelines, and were corrected if edits were necessary. Data format and usage notes The T2-weighted images and RTSTRUCT files are available in DICOM format. The regions of interest are named based on AAPM's Task Group 263 nomenclature recommendations (Glnd_Submand_L, Glnd_Submand_R, LN_Neck_II_L, Parotid_L, Parotid_R, LN_Neck_II_R, LN_Neck_III_L, LN_Neck_III_R). This dataset is available on The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) by the National Cancer Institute under the collection "AAPM RT-MAC Grand Challenge 2019" (https://doi.org/10.7937/tcia.2019.bcfjqfqb). Potential applications This dataset provides head and neck patient MRI scans to evaluate auto-segmentation systems on T2-weighted images. Additional anatomies could be provided at a later time to enhance the existing library of contours.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_treatment
Article
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
DICOM
Automation
0302 clinical medicine
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Medicine
Humans
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Auto segmentation
Head and neck cancer
Magnetic resonance imaging
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Supraclavicular lymph nodes
Radiation therapy
medicine.anatomical_structure
Head and Neck Neoplasms
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Automatic segmentation
business
Nuclear medicine
T2 weighted
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 24734209
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical physics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bbef8a568fd7da16f4d3231b311a7602