Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 145-153 , Summer 2009

A Method to Automate the Segmentation of the GTV and ITV for Lung Tumors

  • Eric D. Ehler, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
    • ,
  • Karl Bzdusek, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
    • ,
  • Wolfgang A. Tomé, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
    • Philips Medical Systems, Radiation Oncology Systems, Fitchburg, WI
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Wolfgang A. Tomé, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Human Oncology, K4/314 CSC, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792

Received 6 May 2008 ,Accepted 21 August 2008.

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PII: S0958-3947(08)00129-5

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.08.007

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 145-153 , Summer 2009

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