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Deep learning-based GTV contouring modeling inter- and intra- observer variability in sarcomas.


ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The delineation of the gross tumor volume (GTV) is a critical step for radiation therapy treatment planning. The delineation procedure is typically performed manually which exposes two major issues: cost and reproducibility. Delineation is a time-consuming process that is subject to inter- and intra-observer variability. While methods have been proposed to predict GTV contours, typical approaches ignore variability and therefore fail to utilize the valuable confidence information offered by multiple contours.

Materials and methods

In this work we propose an automatic GTV contouring method for soft-tissue sarcomas from X-ray computed tomography (CT) images, using deep learning by integrating inter- and intra-observer variability in the learned model. Sixty-eight patients with soft tissue and bone sarcomas were considered in this evaluation, all underwent pre-operative CT imaging used to perform GTV delineation. Four radiation oncologists and radiologists performed three contouring trials each for all patients. We quantify variability by defining confidence levels based on the frequency of inclusion of a given voxel into the GTV and use a deep convolutional neural network to learn GTV confidence maps.

Results

Results were compared to confidence maps from the four readers as well as ground-truth consensus contours established jointly by all readers. The resulting continuous Dice score between predicted and true confidence maps was 87% and the Hausdorff distance was 14 mm.

Conclusion

Results demonstrate the ability of the proposed method to predict accurate contours while utilizing variability and as such it can be used to improve clinical workflow.

SUBMITTER: Marin T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8934266 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Deep learning-based GTV contouring modeling inter- and intra- observer variability in sarcomas.

Marin Thibault T   Zhuo Yue Y   Lahoud Rita Maria RM   Tian Fei F   Ma Xiaoyue X   Xing Fangxu F   Moteabbed Maryam M   Liu Xiaofeng X   Grogg Kira K   Shusharina Nadya N   Woo Jonghye J   Lim Ruth R   Ma Chao C   Chen Yen-Lin E YE   El Fakhri Georges G  

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 20211119


<h4>Background and purpose</h4>The delineation of the gross tumor volume (GTV) is a critical step for radiation therapy treatment planning. The delineation procedure is typically performed manually which exposes two major issues: cost and reproducibility. Delineation is a time-consuming process that is subject to inter- and intra-observer variability. While methods have been proposed to predict GTV contours, typical approaches ignore variability and therefore fail to utilize the valuable confide  ...[more]

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