Radiation Dose Overlay Improves Radiologists' Interpretation of Post-therapy Computed Tomography Imaging for Thoracic Malignancies.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Radiation therapy dose visualizations created by radiation oncologists are not accessible to diagnostic radiologists; however, access may improve interpretation accuracy and confidence when applied to surveillance imaging of patients with radiation therapy-treated thoracic malignancies.

Methods and materials

In a prospective analysis of retrospectively acquired data, 32 imaging series of patients treated with radiation therapy for thoracic malignancies (14 men, 18 women; mean age, 71 years ± SD 10.35 years) were interpreted. One cardiothoracic radiology attending and 1 radiology resident interpreted pretreatment, treatment planning, and posttreatment computed tomography (CT) images in anonymized software sessions first without, then-after a 1 month "washout period"-w

SUBMITTER: Newell KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12666695 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature