Artificial intelligence contouring in radiotherapy for organs-at-risk and lymph node areas.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The delineation of organs-at-risk and lymph node areas is a crucial step in radiotherapy, but it is time-consuming and associated with substantial user-dependent variability in contouring. Artificial intelligence (AI) appears to be the solution to facilitate and standardize this work. The objective of this study is to compare eight available AI software programs in terms of technical aspects and accuracy for contouring organs-at-risk and lymph node areas with current international contouring recommendations.

Material and methods

From January-July 2023, we performed a blinded study of the contour scoring of the organs-at-risk and lymph node areas by eight self-contouring AI programs by 20 radiation oncologists. It was a single-center study conducted in radiation

SUBMITTER: Meyer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11580215 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature